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To: Moonman62

Employees, administration, and supplies cost a nuclear power plant $0.0137 per kWh on average in 2008. Fuel, including contributions to the Nuclear Waste Fund, amounts to about $0.0049 per kWh, bringing the total operating costs of a nuclear power plant to approximately $0.0186 per kWh.

http://nuclearfissionary.com/2010/03/15/operating-costs-of-a-nuclear-power-plant/

http://nuclearinfo.net/Nuclearpower/WebHomeCostOfNuclearPower

http://world-nuclear.org/info/inf02.html


148 posted on 02/10/2012 7:39:32 AM PST by nuke rocketeer (File CONGRESS.SYS corrupted: Re-boot Washington D.C (Y/N)?)
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To: nuke rocketeer
I don't see any mention of debt payments, or subtracting out the beneficial effects of liability caps, and insurance by the government.

And then there is this from your second link:

If the Nuclear Power Industry delivers generating capacity at $1500 per kilowatt it will likely place the price of electricity produced at around 3 US cents per KWHr. This would be similar to the price of electricity generated by Eastern Australian Coal-Power which is in the range of 2.2 - 4.5 AUD cents per KWHr. It will be well worth watching to see if the Industry can deliver this outcome. Reports from 2009 indicate the initial cost of an AP1000 in America is over $3500 per KW.
The $3500 cost is probably more realistic, and that's without adjusting for the effects of government subsidies. That would place nuclear at over the twice the cost of coal.

The bottom line is that without government subsidies, the free market wouldn't support nuclear power, the same as wind and solar.

150 posted on 02/10/2012 9:18:52 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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