David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 12/4/2008 5:37 PM spake thus:
On Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:24:25 -0600, "HeyBub"
wrote:
Building a nuclear power plant is relatively cheap - it can cost on
the same order as a coal-fired plant.
Care to provide numbers. Please include full life cycle cost,
including full cost of decommissioning.
Yes, please do. While doing so, keep in mind the following parts of the
nuclear fuel cycle, each with its own set of hazards (like
transportation between each step):
....
And, of course, to be fair, compare them to any alternative mechanism of
generating equivalent power to the grid at equivalent or lower cost and
reliability. (HINT: these life cycle studies were done exhaustively
years ago. While absolute numbers on the $$ values will change w/
inflation, the relative rankings won't. Nuclear wins overall owing to
the much smaller volume of material handled as compared to coal, on
other materials costs owing to the low density output of the alternative
sources.)
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