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

submitted 1 year ago by schroedingershat@lemmy.world to c/energy

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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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[–] MrMakabar 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your chart shows that Germany has exported more electricity to France, then it imported from France and that for the last decade and icnluding this year. Obviously not large amounts just 0.5 - 3%.

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

Welp. That's what I get for assuming it wasn't the opposite of the truth.

Do you know of a way to get the week/month/yearly gross imports/exports by country?

[–] poVoq 2 points 1 year ago

This is interesting to play with: https://app.electricitymaps.com/map