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53 sats \ 1 reply \ @DEADBEEF 15 Aug \ parent \ on: Nuclear Power to Explode by 75%: Why Some Countries Are Missing Out econ
My understanding is most of the extra cost is from red tape.
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67 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 15 Aug
That's my understanding as well.
My other thought, as a fellow economist, is that the engineering professor might be thinking about total cost rather than marginal cost.
My understanding is that nuclear is incredibly efficient in terms of marginal cost of energy, but the fixed cost of building a nuclear reactor is quite high.
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