Comment by robertlagrant
3 days ago
> all downsides to nuclear tends to be erased, mainly by pretending there is no cost or risk related to the long-term waste management, or for financial risks related to accidents
I think this is all priced into the TCO of a nuclear plant, as they are very well known.
>I think this is all priced into the TCO of a nuclear plant, as they are very well known.
Fukushima was not well known and is not at all covered by profits from selling nuclear power in Japan. Same for Chernobyl. See also Asse II in Germany - not known. There are many many more examples.
But isn't Asse II in Germany a fallout research centre and waste repository? How can it not have waste priced into it? And Chernobyl was a spectacular failure, and done a long time ago - I'm not claiming that its cleanup was priced into that specific project.