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Google adopts small nuclear power reactors at unprecedented scale — inks deal for seven reactors to feed AI data centers (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The other table has newer studies than 2015, where nuclear is not cheaper

The only one that's in the ballpark is the most recent stats on Photovoltaics. And we've had a decade to improve breeder reactors and molten salt reactors since then.

Wind and solar have gotten cheaper to produce, and nuclear more expensive

Nuclear has not gotten more expensive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

According to the article you have provided, it has... The first figure under Global Studies shows nuclear prices have increased, and the general trends of the various studies in the two tables show an increase over time.