Each reactor and its power plant is a huge project. This makes scaling up production difficult. And please don’t start with tiny reactors. We’re not in Fallout.
Safety standards have risen.
There are probably more reasons. I would of course not compare it to coal but to renewables. They’re the future. Storage will be needed but those options are also getting cheaper by the day.
Nuclear energy
That’s incorrect. Nuclear power is one of the more expensive options when you factor in the costs after operation ends, which you should obviously do.
Remove coal subsidies and factor in newer reactor technology before you calculate nuclear cost.
That’s kind of funny. Nuclear energy is actually getting more expensive:
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A few reasons come to mind:
There are probably more reasons. I would of course not compare it to coal but to renewables. They’re the future. Storage will be needed but those options are also getting cheaper by the day.