From my years of reading about nuclear energy I have seen that a large majority of the research on forms of energy, especially in direct comparison, utilize a time period of thirty years before the capacity is no longer productive or maintainable. This is within the lifespan of solar and wind. It is half of the operating lifetime of a nuclear reactor, sixty years -- although there's been some enthusiasm by owners to extend pemits to eighty years which I believe would be unsafe when exceeding the design lifetime. If something with a lifecycle of thirty year... (read more)
From my years of reading about nuclear energy I have seen that a large majority of the research on forms of energy, especially in direct comparison, utilize a time period of thirty years before the capacity is no longer productive or maintainable. This is within the lifespan of solar and wind. It is half of the operating lifetime of a nuclear reactor, sixty years -- although there's been some enthusiasm by owners to extend pemits to eighty years which I believe would be unsafe when exceeding the design lifetime. If something with a lifecycle of thirty year... (read more)