See the link given below
Colin Sweet has written: 'The price of nuclear power' -- subject(s): Costs, Environmental aspects of Nuclear power plants, Nuclear industry, Nuclear power plants 'Fourth Arab-Israeli war' 'Nuclear plot in Europe' 'World economic crisis' -- subject(s): Economic forecasting, Economic history, World politics 'The costs of nuclear power'
electricity produced by nuclear plants since 1990 could power 26 cities the size of Boston or Seattle. While efficiency has increased, the operating costs of nuclear power plants
The cost of power per Kwh from nuclear plants is now reckoned to be similar to fossil fuelled plants. The makeup of the costs is different however. Fossil fuelled plants are cheaper to build, but the fuel costs are higher, so it is always a difficult one for a power company to decide. See the link below.
Gas turbine power is more expensive per kilowatt-hour than nuclear power due to the higher fuel costs associated with natural gas compared to nuclear fuel (uranium). Nuclear power plants also have lower operating and maintenance costs and have a longer operational life, resulting in lower overall costs per kilowatt-hour. Additionally, nuclear power plants typically benefit from government subsidies and incentives that help lower the cost of production.
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They are expensive to build but relatively cheap to run because the fuel costs are lower.
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Britain does have nuclear power plants.
This is typical of nuclear plants where the fuel costs are low compared with fossil fuel costs.
Nuclear power plants require the highest initial expenditure compared to other types of power plants due to the complex technology and infrastructure needed to harness nuclear energy. Additionally, nuclear power plants have high costs associated with safety measures, waste disposal, and decommissioning at the end of their operational life.
You could approach this for a particular plant that is operating by going to the operating company. I can give you a link to a paper which tries to examine the situation for new build plants. The general conclusion is that costs of new nuclear are similar to new fossil fuel plants. The costs are made up differently however. For a nuclear plant the capital costs are very high but the fuel costs low, for fossil fuel plants it is the opposite. this means there is a lot of uncertainty in any prediction. See link below
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