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By alternate energy I assume you mean wind, solar, wave, tide, and possibly biomass. Wind and solar are useful and free once the equipment is built, the trouble is they are not reliable 24 hour sources, as nuclear is. Wave and tide are hardly established, but again would be subject to weather and tidal conditions which vary. Biomass is again useful and renewable so long as crops are grown at the same rate they are consumed, but I don't think it can provide more than a fairly modest amount of power. So I don't think there is a valid comparison. It would be more realistic to compare nuclear with coal and natural gas, to weigh up the merits of each.

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