[PreciousLiberty]

"Can you link that claim?"

Take a look at the ThorCon site. The last paragraph on the page reads:

Cheaper than Coal

ThorCon requires less resources than a coal plant. Assuming efficient, evidence based regulation, ThorCon can produce reliable, carbon free, electricity at between 3 and 5 cents per kWh depending on scale.

Modern nuclear plants are already competitive with coal, except for the cost of regulation and lawsuits. They produce no mercury or particulates, to boot...

[thackney]

Thanks for the link. I hope their claims lead to reality.

[cymbeline]

Cost to produce power:

Someone once told me that the loan payment on a coal-fired or nuclear plant was greater than the payments for the fuel.