• UraniumBlazer
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    7 months ago

    Not really. Nuclear is very expensive to maintain (due to safety reasons).

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      7 months ago

      The cost of maintenance is not really an issue when it’s a state run industry. Also, China is building stuff like thorium reactors now that run on molten salt and are inherently safer. Also worth noting that any tech becomes cheaper as you deploy more of it. You get better operating practices, standardization, better safety procedures, and so on. There’s nothing about nuclear that makes it uniquely expensive to maintain.