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1. anonporridge ◴[] No.26677180[source]
Does anyone know what the marginal cost of nuclear power is?

For example, I'd assume that the cost of a 2 gigawatt plant is a lot less than double the cost of a 1 gigawatt plant, since most of the cost likely comes from construction, maintenance, regulatory hurdles, etc, rather than fuel. Do you get significant economies of scale from building bigger?