3 ms·
Nuclear is expensive because: * we don’t build them at scale (takes too long to build one, require much engineering efforts to build each, complex permits to
by lightgreen 6y ago
Nuclear is expensive because:
* we don’t build them at scale (takes too long to build one, require much engineering efforts to build each, complex permits to build each etc)
* opposition from locals/governments increase delays/risks and thus capital cost
* its cheaper to train/hire engineers/maintenance workers/construction workers when reactors are the same
Nuclear will be much cheaper when we start building many of them.
Cannot find the source now, I recall S Korea built each next power plant faster than the previous.
- guerby 6y agoAccording to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_South_Korea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_South_Korea The three last nuclear reactors have taken up to double the time of the previous ones between construction start and producing power. The last one took ten years, instead of mostly 5 years for the previous ones.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoThey are also the first power plants of a new design, resetting at least some of the previous optimizations.
- redis_mlc 6y agoDon't forget ruinous decommissioning costs, usually dumped on the public.