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Low energy prices. Of the ones that are being built have caused an epic cascade of business failures from construction companies to Westinghouse (who was the l
by cjslep 7y ago
Low energy prices.
Of the ones that are being built have caused an epic cascade of business failures from construction companies to Westinghouse (who was the leading reactor core design company in the US, not even a construction company).
As I understand it the USA has had a glut of skilled construction labor, all the expert laborers from the 70's never really had a chance to pass down their trade during the nuclear glut of the 80's - 00's
- irrational 7y agoDo you mean glut (an excessive quantity)? Or are you thinking of gut (to destroy the essential power or effectiveness of)?
- cjslep 7y agoThe first: no nuclear power plants to build, and an abundance of skilled and experienced blue collar labor available (but dwindling as time progressed).