Comment Re:First.... (Score 1) 288
For many years, people said that nuclear power is very cheap. This was its major selling point. No need to buy large quantities of fuel. Now, it turns out that the costs of the energy are paid by the generations living when the power plant is already shut down.
Sure, we can then move the goal posts of this old discussion to talk about CO2 emissions and other pollution, but it would only be fair to compare nuclear to sustainable sources such as wind/solar. On a CO2 emission, they may be comparable, but since nuclear is apparently a little more costly than we previously thought, perhaps wind and solar energy are becoming more attractive?