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    > finance related costs can be 2/3rds of the total cost of a nuclear plant
Source? I asked ChatGPT, but I cannot find any reliable source that "finance related costs can be 2/3rds of the total cost of a nuclear plant". It sounds like more Brandolini bullshit to me. Most of the build period was during ZIRP!
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Try asking it something like:

> Compare the expected cost of a nuclear plant at 0% and 10% WACC

The IEA has published a few cost analysis that show numbers for 3,7 and 10%

Here's a pro nuclear source with a nice graph about half way down:

https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/economic-aspec...

It also explains that the buildout in the 70s in the west had guaranteed government finance.




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