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> decommissioning doesn't necessarily means dismantling

That's kinda missing the point, the fact is that France's nuclear fleet is heavily underfunded by at least 50 billion Euro [0].

These are exactly the kind of costs regularly externalized or completely omitted when calculating the profitability of nuclear vs renewables [1].

[0] https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-europe-nuclear/eu-short-of...

[1] https://energypost.eu/how-profitable-is-an-investment-in-nuc...




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