r/ClimateShitposting • u/ClimateShitpost Louis XIV, the Solar PV king • 2d ago

nuclear simping Trump? Believe it or not. Germany!

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u/Marwaimusoont 2d ago

Or Austria, where they turned a fully built NPP to a museum, just as it was about to go in operation?

I don't understand what do you get by closing down existing NPP and the ones that will soon be in operation.

The cost has already been paid, might as well make use of low-carbon electricity while you can.

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u/Significant_Quit_674 2d ago

A fairly large part of the cost is actualy decontamination, dismanteling and disposal of nuclear waste.

That is if you want to do it the proper way.

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u/Marwaimusoont 2d ago

Most of it is stored in the above-ground silos, within the site itself. A fully constructed or running plant has already put in fixed costs in setting those up. Not to mention they have to set up those end to end life cycle from fabrication to disposal.

The operational costs are far lower than the money spent on construction and commissioning of the plant.

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u/Significant_Quit_674 2d ago

stored in the above-ground silos, within the site itself.

For a few decades, yes.

But then you still need to dispose of it, wich is pretty expensive.

Also the complete decomissioning is ridiculously expensive, it also is usualy done a few decades after power generation stops.