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Originally Posted by wulfgar
Nuclear power remains expensive is one of the reasons. If nuclear power was as good as people claimed, then France that generates higher percentage of its power from nuclear than any other nation wouldn't be broke.
Conventional nuclear power it seems will always remain expensive. Other than that there fast breeder technology which as of now has never been economically successful. There's several programs in the latest fast breeder around the world, but it will 15 or 20 years before it is known that these will produce anything of merit.
The idea that nuclear power produces endless cheap power has so far proven to be only the old propaganda of the Cold War.
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The reason France is in diabolic troubles is that it has it's population out on the street whenever it tries to raise it's ultra generous retirement age with ultra generous benefits - most people are on a fantastic scheme which is even better than the old Australian Public Service CSS scheme (which I'm on) which the government closed back in 2000 because it was way too expensive for public servants alone. Imagine the whole country on that Public Service scheme? (But God bless Gough Whitlam for introducing it).
Same story in Italy, though there the Government had to act and raised the retirement age from 55 to 65, and it is unlikely to stop there.
The French nuclear generation industry is what makes all the renewable energy in surrounding countries viable. When they run out of power, they just get it from the reliable French plants.
Regards,
Renato