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Solar energy now overlaps in cost with nuclear fuel alone for "cheap" modular reactors (energy-utilities.com)

submitted 2 years ago by schroedingershat@lemmy.world to c/energy@slrpnk.net

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Uranium is $128.30/kg

After enrichment, conversion and fabrication that's $3400/kg for 4.95% fuel.

At 36-45MWd/kg and a net thermal efficiency of 25% or $12.5/MWh up front.

With a 90 month lead time (72 month fuel cycle and 18 months inventory) at 3% this is $16.2/MWh

Which some solar projects are now matching

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[–] schroedingershat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://smractionplan.ca/content/alberta

Are you being bad faith or are to too stupid to use a search engine?

[–] m3m3lord@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

This is not a plan for any nuclear builds, this is just them signing on that maybe they will build some SMRs. Would you also suggest PEI is seriously planing a nuclear build?