Nuclear plants have been decommissioned and restored to regular use in the past. There is nothing prospective about the costs of the operation.
Comment on Nuclear plants too expensive? China shows low-cost construction possible
poVoq@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
We will know in 30 years if they are really cheaper over their lifetime.
France did a similar low cost mass production of nuclear reactors in the 1970ties and those reactors turned out to have a lot of construction defects some decades later and costly repairs really drove up their total costs.
keepthepace@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yeah, I expect shutting down the plant for any kind of maintenance is really expensive with nuclear
poVoq@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
I believe the bigger issue is that once you have started them, a lot of the interior is radioactive (even when turned off) and thus repairs become quite complicated, compared to doing a more thorough job during construction when there is no radiation yet.