While the cost of running nuclear plants is about the same as for other types of power plants, the fixed cost that stem from building nuclear plants make the electricity they generate more expensive.
因为在这里比较的是run nuclear plants的cost和run other types of power plants的cost,如果把for去掉,就成了cost和other types of power plants比较
但是在第四个选项中,他的句子应该是it costs the same to run nuclear plants as other types of power plants(应该是这样,我记得不是很清楚了,懒得去拿og) 比较的就是to run nuclear plants和to run other types of power plants,加上for就多余了
这是我的理解