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Indeed. He does allude to the cost problem but buries it. Another post on HN a few days ago claimed that no new nuke plants will ever be built (after Sumpter) i
by mimixco 8y ago
Indeed. He does allude to the cost problem but buries it. Another post on HN a few days ago claimed that no new nuke plants will ever be built (after Sumpter) in the US because the economics make no sense. Let's hope he's right.
Of course, the elephant in the room is that costs are out of control because of the safety issue. When nuke plants are broken, as they all are, Very Bad Stuff happens. It's the attempts to mitigate this that send costs through the roof.
- mimixco 8y agoSee what I mean? Someone down voted this post which is entirely factual. Every plant has leaks and safety violations. They're all publicly documented. The uneconomic nature of the industry stems from the attempts to make something safe which is inherently unsafe. Why would someone downvote those facts unless they were trolling?