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That's about half of the average cost right [1], so literally it will make electricity cheaper. Also, it will be cost that will not go up willy nilly when someone decides to do something absolutely stupid

1: https://tradingeconomics.com/italy/electricity-price

I doubt that number but it would be an improvement: the MW in Italy is far beyond 200 USD/MW in wholesole market.

Btw, it is not completely about price/MW but it is also about sovereignty and... No, there is no U mines in Italy but a commodity market is much more managable than the oil market.

Italy is hugely dependent on natural gas for electricity, so it actually makes economic sense.

South Korea has a lot of nuclear power for related reasons - they can't risk being too dependent on LNG imports, lest some of their more volatile neighbours capture the shipments.