The new nuclear power plants are experiencing huge cost overruns (Hinckley C 24 billion pounds) and decades to bring online due to construction delays. The cost of nuclear power is 3 times wind or solar, per megawatt-hour. It takes decades to bring nuclear power plants online, compared to 2 years for a utility scale wind or solar farm. Nuclear power has a future that is going to end as existing nuclear power plants grow old and are decommissioned — even in France.<\/p>\n
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