• JamesFire@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    It’s not significantly more expensive though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_electricity_by_source

    And even if it was, it has other benefits.

    Like using significantly less land, and being safer.

    It can also work as a source of heat for district heating or various industrial processes, and since the plants themselves have no emissions, they can be reasonably placed in cities for this purpose without harming people. Using heat directly is more efficient than converting it to and from electricity.

    Nuclear has it’s place.