In 2021, the Grohnde nuclear power plant in Lower Saxony on the Weser River was shut down. Now, immediately next to it, the Emmerthal energy cluster is growing with three very large battery storage systems, ground-mounted photovoltaic systems, and a new substation for several 380-kilovolt high-voltage lines.
Its not super cheap to build, but it’s very cheap to run, and a lot more environmentally friendly than the several browncoal plants that Germany chose not to close when it shut down its nuclear plants.
You are wrong - nuclear is not cheap to run. It only used to be because the state limited the possible liability the companies faced in case of a malfunction and due to the fact that the nuclear waste costs were not part of the equation.
For Germany the price per kwh for a newly constructed nuclear plant would be around 45-63 ct/kwh - according to the power companies themselves. They aren’t interested in running these any more for a reason.
So, exactly like the brown coal mines Germany keeps operating? Those don’t deal with the waste at all, simply pumping the CO2 into the air. They also don’t pay for the massive destruction caused by browncoal rooftop mining, or the immense opportunity costs of just having an immense hole in the ground.
But those still run, ruining the planet for everyone, while the nuclear plant “isn’t profitable”, because they actually do account for all the waste, and under incredibly strict requirements.
I’m not suggesting nuclear instead of solar/wind/battery, I’m suggesting nuclear instead of the second worst form of energy right after literally burning down rainforests for power.