Nuclear plants have a high capital cost but a very low operating cost. There is a lot of risk up front but once the plant is running, over the 60-80 year lifespan it more than pays for itself. In Germany, brown coal costs 2.4 euro cents per kilowatt hour, nuclear costs 2.5 cents.
The anti-nuclear folks are trying to scare the public into thinking their electricity rates will go up if we build nuclear. That is comical as the wind and solar they champion costs between 3 and 20 times more than nuclear.
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