There are good reasons to believe that nuclear power will be cheaper in the future too, when fourth generation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_IV_reactor) reactors are available (or just the generation 3+ reactors (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_III+_reactor) that will be online 'soon'). In particular I'm thinking of designs like the the supercritical water reactor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercritical_water_reactor) that would have a thermal efficiency of 45% (versus 33% for current light water reactors).
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Date: 2008-07-01 07:53 am (UTC)