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  • I’d be willing to bet that the cost of nuclear energy derived electricity is going up because most countries haven’t been building new plants for the last like 50 years

    Average age of a nuclear power plant in the USA: 42 years

    Average age of a nuclear power plant in the EU: 31 years

    Average original intended operational lifespan: 20-40 years

    To put their age into perspective, the average US nuclear plant was built closer in time to the Trinity nuclear test in 1945 than to today (along with any other plant 39 years or older)

    This doesn’t prove that nuclear energy is bad, only that slowly degrading nuclear energy technology from decades ago is bad