I like to read the pro-nuclear articles, and the more I read the more I'm convinced they are trying to scam the governments/citizens. In the last 5 years or so they are asking for:
- We want a minimal payment around 80€/MWh because we provide base load. (Average price in Europe this year is 65€).
- We want our obsolete centrals to have their lifespan extended to (depending on the source) 50, 75 or even 100 years. At 80€/MWh guaranteed.
- We want the government to deal with the residues. Maybe we pay half the cost.
- We want the regulators to ease safety requirements, so our building and manteinance costs are competitive.
And now:
- Do you remember we wanted our centrals lifespans extended? Now we want them demolished and replaced, because after 40 years they are old. Government should pay/finance it, even when budgets blow up 5x.
- Do you remember that we wanted to be paid extra for being the baseload? Now we want to be the whole grid, 70% is not enough. At 80€ guaranteed, no competition guaranteed, financed by the state, and if anything goes wrong we won't pay shit.
- We want a minimal payment around 80€/MWh because we provide base load. (Average price in Europe this year is 65€).
- We want our obsolete centrals to have their lifespan extended to (depending on the source) 50, 75 or even 100 years. At 80€/MWh guaranteed.
- We want the government to deal with the residues. Maybe we pay half the cost.
- We want the regulators to ease safety requirements, so our building and manteinance costs are competitive.
And now:
- Do you remember we wanted our centrals lifespans extended? Now we want them demolished and replaced, because after 40 years they are old. Government should pay/finance it, even when budgets blow up 5x.
- Do you remember that we wanted to be paid extra for being the baseload? Now we want to be the whole grid, 70% is not enough. At 80€ guaranteed, no competition guaranteed, financed by the state, and if anything goes wrong we won't pay shit.