but the scam is even bigger because these nuclear plants take decades before they're ever completely gone. Even though the facility is not generating any power, rate payers still need to pay for all the expenses (in the billions) to bring the plant to exit the decommissioning process. So yeah, you might get cheap power when the plant is operating but long-term, nuclear is by far the most expensive form of power, especially using the current designs.
A small radioactive leak inside the containment vessel.....and an even smaller leak to the overall environment that was hardly even detectable.
This nuclear plant cost 10 billion to build by the way.
cost of planning, materials, labor = 5 billion
embezzlement fee surcharge = 5 billion
yep math checks out.
hahah, yup. That's the commie California way.
but the scam is even bigger because these nuclear plants take decades before they're ever completely gone. Even though the facility is not generating any power, rate payers still need to pay for all the expenses (in the billions) to bring the plant to exit the decommissioning process. So yeah, you might get cheap power when the plant is operating but long-term, nuclear is by far the most expensive form of power, especially using the current designs.
The plant has decom fund via something like $.001 per kWH set aside from every kWH sold. Ratepayers won't be paying much. All US nukes have this.