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EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy

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1041 points mpweiher | 2 comments | 12 Sep 25 18:18 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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yellowapple ◴[12 Sep 25 18:51 UTC] No.45225313[source]▶
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V__ ◴[12 Sep 25 19:15 UTC] No.45225582[source]▶
I agree that the fears are overblown, but at the same time the hype for nuclear is just weird. It's more complex, more expensive, less adjustable and more risky. Even the new hip small modular reactors are many years away.

The LCOE (Levelized Cost of Electricity) for solar with battery is already better than current solutions, and dropping. Wind and battery closely following. There is no way that nuclear technology will be able to compete on price in the foreseeable future.

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1. ahmeneeroe-v2 ◴[12 Sep 25 19:21 UTC] No.45225651[source]▶
Solar and battery have had immense investment to bring down that LCOE. Where can we get if we invest similarly in nuclear.

lol at wind though. that's not real.

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2. mpweiher ◴[12 Sep 25 19:32 UTC] No.45225769[source]▶
And even then it's not competitive. And LCOE is only a small part of the cost with intermittent renewables.