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> Nuclear also got much, much more expensive than it was in the previous century, making it economically completely unreasonable in the west. Because we stoppe
by Nimitz14 6y ago
> Nuclear also got much, much more expensive than it was in the previous century, making it economically completely unreasonable in the west.
Because we stopped building them. Of course costs are going to explode when every time you do it the people on the project are doing it for the first time.
- qayxc 6y agoTo be fair, increased reliability and safety also comes at a cost. But I agree - loss of expertise and lack of economy of scale are a major factor.
- legulere 6y agoNo, the reason is construction costs are rising faster than inflation because construction hard to automate.
- p_l 6y agoYou can automate construction a lot (biggest issue is making sure deliveries are ordered the right way, and that you keep QA). But that requires getting getting the pipelines running instead of doing it once a decade.