Yeah I don’t think insurance covers a Chernobyl size event, but that is increasingly unlikely to happen with modern reactors nowadays. We don’t build inherently dangerous reactors like the soviets did —nor have we ever.

The only large disaster in modern history is Fukushima in 2011 and to a lesser extent the three mile island incident in 1979. After each we’ve learned a lot and made important changes to plants worldwide to prevent it. But yes, there is a non-zero chance for a meltdown in current NPPs.

But it would take a natural disaster of epic proportions and I don’t think those are covered for any power plant, nuclear or not.

And new technology like molten salt reactors and thorium based fuels will increase safety even further.

Sorry, I guess that was too many hard questions at once. Maybe answer just one?

Yeah, I already said that households pay higher prices than companies.

No, you said taxes are higher for households. The wholesale prices I showed are before taxes.

Are you saying that nuclear power is cheaper than other sources? really?

I’m not saying that. The analysis in the article tells us that France’s energy generation composition, which heavily relies on nuclear, is cheaper than Germany’s. You can read the article and find out for yourself.

Let me ask you a few questions in return:

• Do you have any idea what gas prices are at the moment and how they’re influencing electricity prices?
• Do you have any idea what the projected prices are in the coming year?
• Do you understand why Germany is firing up the coal plants?
• Have you factored in what the consequences of all those extra greenhouse gas emissions will cost us in the long term?