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The LCOE of nuclear is very sensitive to its capacity factor.

Nuclear costs are set to skyrocket because for a larger and larger part of the day they will not be profitable as renewables undercut the price of power.

With a lower and lower capacity factor, new nuclear plants will never pay for themselves.

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