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#045 The Future of Nuclear Energy: Politics, Culture, and Technology with Mark Nelson
Smart Friends
Why France Isn't Making Cheap Electricity, Is It?
France is sending most of its electricity to customers on extremely long-term contracts based mainly on the cost of generating from the nuclear fleet. "They are producing a huge volume of extremely predictable, extremely low cost power that will fundamentally keep them safe and sound," he says. France has many mechanisms set up to take away money that should have been used for upgrades and for repairs and for staffing costs. 'It is insane how many ways they've found to try to achieve exactly the sort of fleet breakdown'
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