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The earliest and cheapest we will get new nuclear at low-gigawatt scale, according to the people building it, is in 10 years at which time if everything goes ri
by spenrose 7y ago
The earliest and cheapest we will get new nuclear at low-gigawatt scale, according to the people building it, is in 10 years at which time if everything goes right the cost will have fallen to $65/MWh. Today we can deploy on-shore wind and solar at ~$30/MWh, and generate hydrogen with surplus per the article. Here is a thread citing nuclear industry advocates for building new nuclear power on the state of the efforts:
[$65/MWh, end of thread] https://twitter.com/sampenrose/status/1224019148562321408 https://twitter.com/sampenrose/status/1224019148562321408
[start, focusing on China's nuclear buildout] https://twitter.com/sampenrose/status/1162772916125126656 https://twitter.com/sampenrose/status/1162772916125126656