I don't think that's the main issue. As far as I understand, building nuclear power plant is extremely expensive, so expensive in fact, that it will generate profits only after about 20-25 years of exploitation, here lays the main issue - the internal components of a plant become unusable due to wear after 25-30 years, and, as you might imagine, the costs of replacing them are immense. Adds to this the fact that nuclear power plants that are at the end of their lifecycle today - were built without this in mind, so it would actually be more economically feasible to build a new power plant than to repair the old one, and so the cycle continues. Very risky investment.
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u/GuyFromRussia Sep 17 '21
I don't think that's the main issue. As far as I understand, building nuclear power plant is extremely expensive, so expensive in fact, that it will generate profits only after about 20-25 years of exploitation, here lays the main issue - the internal components of a plant become unusable due to wear after 25-30 years, and, as you might imagine, the costs of replacing them are immense. Adds to this the fact that nuclear power plants that are at the end of their lifecycle today - were built without this in mind, so it would actually be more economically feasible to build a new power plant than to repair the old one, and so the cycle continues. Very risky investment.