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https://www.lazard.com/research-insights/2023-levelized-cost...

> The same argument according to which solar panels and such will become cheaper as demand increases (because of economies of scale and technical improvements) also applies to nuclear power plants.

The French nuclear scale-up famously did negative learning by doing. Economics of scale is not something you can assume. This is from before Flamanvile 3 started, that is even more negative learning.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03014...

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