I have seen that post and others like it, and that incorrect view is what I’m arguing against here. The plot you’re posting, cost vs cumulative capacity, shows that learning with cumulative capacity built happened for a while and then stopped being relevant; that doesn’t contradict my point.
Nuclear power in France, when including subsidies, wasn’t exceptionally cheap, and was driven largely by the desire for nuclear weapons to deter a Soviet invasion using small nukes and lots of tanks in Europe and the threat of ICBMs to prevent the US from participating. Which is a thing that was planned.
BTW, the French nuclear utility EDF is building Hinkley Point C, and it’s not particularly cheap.
I have seen that post and others like it, and that incorrect view is what I’m arguing against here. The plot you’re posting, cost vs cumulative capacity, shows that learning with cumulative capacity built happened for a while and then stopped being relevant; that doesn’t contradict my point.
Nuclear power in France, when including subsidies, wasn’t exceptionally cheap, and was driven largely by the desire for nuclear weapons to deter a Soviet invasion using small nukes and lots of tanks in Europe and the threat of ICBMs to prevent the US from participating. Which is a thing that was planned.
BTW, the French nuclear utility EDF is building Hinkley Point C, and it’s not particularly cheap.