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It's expensive because people are scared, and to alleviate that fear, regulation is put in place.

Some of those fears are founded, but some are not. But overall, the regulation required is what drives the cost up.

That is simply not true and repeating it all the time does not make it more true. There have been several analysis posted here on HN which showed that compliance with regulations is not a major cost factor for nuclear power. In fact nuclear power operators have often lobbied to be exempt from regulations that apply to other power generation schemes. Solar and wind often have significantly higher compliance costs as percentage of their budget than nuclear.

Could you post a link to one or two of the sumissions where these analyses have been presented please?

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