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Solar Panels Are Now Producing So Much Power That They’re Leaving Nuclear Plants in the Dust: "Solar is now the engine of the power transition." (futurism.com)
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[–] sparkyshocks@lemmy.zip 2 points 16 hours ago

Nuclear plants that are already running are very cheap to continue running.

That's mostly beside the point, though, because, as you explain, they're very expensive to construct, and that's before even getting to the ones that never get completed because the cost overruns get the project canceled.

So I'm always in favor of running existing nuclear plants as long as possible, but am pretty skeptical of building any new nuclear plants.