"We’re looking at a fleet of SMRs. We have no interest in building a few and walking away"

[FBaggins]

7. Those "long term costs" really aren't all that large.

We haven't done an adequate job of planning for that long term storage, but it isn't a big expense relative to the rest of the lifetime cost of a reactor.

everything is past the scrubbers, it's gone. No more cost.

Really?

Let's ignore global climate change costs (huge), and just look at the ash that remains from coal plants.

http://www.ecodaddyo.com/coal-ash-ponds-new-mexico

"No more cost" indeed.