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One would think that France already has economies of scale for nuclear power.
by stcredzero 8y ago
One would think that France already has economies of scale for nuclear power.
- philipkglass 8y agoFrance, like the US, has ample experience with operating power reactors but retains little institutional knowledge of how to build them. It also appears that early cost-and-schedule claims about building the French EPR and American AP1000 designs were extremely optimistic. These reactors are finished years late even when built in China, which currently has the world's most active nuclear construction program.