Mike Shellenberger

@ShellenbergerMD I don't know if you're following the French situation - the cost of decommissioning is likely to destroy EDF.

@trekonomics i'm hearing opposite in US

@ShellenbergerMD the issue is not Hinckley point but the future cost of decommissioning - wholesale electricity too low.

@ShellenbergerMD future costs are moving target, turns out decom of old plants takes much longer: eg Brennilis still ongoing after 20 years

@ShellenbergerMD this wouldn't be an issue if EDF could get higher prices on nuclear electricity. but that kind of defeats the purpose.

@ShellenbergerMD @BenedictEvans you can't show only co2 and not take in account waste and total costs.

@ShellenbergerMD that's better, thanks. What about the costs? @BenedictEvans

@ShellenbergerMD in europe I believe it's more exp than coal but cheaper than gas @zbrando @BenedictEvans

@ShellenbergerMD @BenedictEvans does this take into account handling of the wastes and the risks of old reactors?

@edwk @BenedictEvans tiny amounts of waste, easy to store, and yes, storage cost is included in cost of energy

@ShellenbergerMD @ReImagineGas @edwk @BenedictEvans Too simplistic - what about copper. lithium, cadmium, etc