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  • Yes that is true. Electricity in Germany is far more expensive than in France. But that is not because nuclear is cheaper than other renewables. France’s power grid is established, the reactors were paid for and built many years ago. In Germany on the other hand, they are actively adding new renewable sources so a lot of capital expenditure is underway. This is in addition to the fact that grid charges are crazy high in Germany and electricity taxes are higher as well

    As you can see from this article (by the nuclear industry experts), the cost of adding and operating a new nuclear energy is way more than wind or solar. So it is clearly not the better renewable energy option.

    Nuclear has a role in replacing coal and gas for cases where they cannot be replaced by wind, solar, etc. but it should not be replacing wind or solar projects. Hopefully we have a future where the grid is renewables supplemented with nuclear.