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Three of the plants you mentioned were 40+ years ago, right? Seems a bit outdated to point to in 2020.
by fshr 6y ago
Three of the plants you mentioned were 40+ years ago, right? Seems a bit outdated to point to in 2020.
- pfdietz 6y agoNone of the plants I mentioned were 40+ years ago. They are all contemporary. Vogtle is still under construction, Summer was cancelled a couple of years ago ($9B down the drain), Flamanville 3 is still under construction, and the last is near completion. You may be confused with earlier reactors at some of those sites.
- doikor 6y agoOlkiluoto 3 is a new design though. Making a second exact same one again will be much faster and cheaper as you have now worked out most of the issues. Olkiluoto 1 and 2 were both built quickly and on schedule. Mainly because they were already proven designs with tens of other units already built around the world (and the second reactor is practically identical with the first one)
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- hannob 6y ago> Olkiluoto 3 is a new design though. Making a second exact same one again will be much faster and cheaper as you have now worked out most of the issues. The second exact same one is actually Flamanville 3, the other one with the massive cost overruns.
- doikor 6y agoYes. Though they did start building it before Olkiluoto 3 was up and running so can't really use all the learnings from it.
- paul_f 6y agoVogtle 1 and 2 were completed on 1987 and 1989. They will be online until 2047 and 2049. Vogtle 3 and 4 are currently under construction and will be completed in 2021.
- pfdietz 6y agoI was refering to 3 and 4 (and Summer 2 and 3)