Is nuclear energy profitable?

Mostly not. Older ones mostly had a lot of debt removed from them as they went over budget. Ontario, for example, still has about $20.9 billion of nuclear debt and haven't turned on a reactor in about 20 years. read more

One will notice that nuclear energy is pretty cheap compared to other energies. If it's cheap, it's profitable. However, dismantling and waste management is not included. For example, deep geological repositories for high level wastes will be built and might increase nuclear production costs. read more

It is the second-largest nuclear utility in the nation. 60% of Entergy Corporation's profit margin comes from its nuclear sector, and it has 10,000 megawatts of nuclear capacity. The company isn't currently constructing new plants, but it is working on improvements to its Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in 2012 to increase output by 13%. read more

In 2014, Brookings Institution published The Net Benefits of Low and No-Carbon Electricity Technologies which states, after performing an energy and emissions cost analysis, that "The net benefits of new nuclear, hydro, and natural gas combined cycle plants far outweigh the net benefits of new wind or solar plants", with the most cost effective low carbon power technology being determined to be nuclear power. read more