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There's just no way nuclear is making a come back until the economic issues are resolved. Almost all nuclear projects are over budget and over time by 2x or 3x,
by JackPoach 8y ago
There's just no way nuclear is making a come back until the economic issues are resolved. Almost all nuclear projects are over budget and over time by 2x or 3x, except for plants built in/by Russia, India, China
- philipkglass 8y agoAs I mentioned in another comment, China and Russia don't build reactors all that quickly. Their newest commercially operating reactors Hayiang-2 and Leningrad 2-1 took 8 and 9 years respectively. India is slower yet. Their newest reactor Kudankulum-2 took 14 years to build: https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=853 https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.... Could the US build a reactor in 14 years like India does? I think so, even with my currently-low opinion of the industry's ability to plan. But I also don't see how to guarantee institutional support that lasts 14 years. Neither utilities nor politicians have the tools or incentives to support something that takes that long to gestate.