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Not really. It's rather expensive (billions of dollars) to setup a nuclear plant in the first place, even before a single fuel rod shows up. Meanwhile solar i
by mdorazio 6y ago
Not really. It's rather expensive (billions of dollars) to setup a nuclear plant in the first place, even before a single fuel rod shows up. Meanwhile solar is so cheap and easy that you can install panels on your roof yourself.
- adrianN 6y agoI agree that traditional nuclear makes little economic sense. But I disagree that this is inherent to nuclear power, because there might be a different reactor design that doesn't cost billions of dollars to set up. We just haven't found it yet.
- evgen 6y agoOne of the specific targets of the modular reactors that are now getting approval are these cost issues. If you build one reactor a year it will be big, bespoke, and incredibly overpriced. If you build a hundred modular reactors every year the cost will drop significantly.