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Solar modules now selling for less than €0.06/W in Europe (www.pv-magazine.com)
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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

there is some nuclear tech that can use nuclear waste as at least part of it’s fuel

Those are less competitive, and salt reactor attempts have historically caused terminating corrosion problems. The SMR "promise" relies on switching extremely expensive/rare/dangerous plutonium level enriched fuel, that rely on traditional reactors for enrichment, for slightly lower capital costs.