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> because they lack prefabrication-level standardization It is not the only reason. Another reason is too many regulations and unpredictable government. As a p
by lightgreen 6y ago
> because they lack prefabrication-level standardization
It is not the only reason. Another reason is too many regulations and unpredictable government. As a private investor, you get lower ROI because you'd need spend several years fighting bureaucracy with no predictable outcome, and after the project started, it can be shut down in a couple years.
- pas 6y ago> it can be shut down in a couple years. This is true for almost any energy project nowadays. EPA regulations change and bam, you're out of business. > too many regulations I don't think there's "too many", but I'm very far from an expert on this. What seems evident is that a prefab reactor/plant can amortize the cost of getting approved, whereas template plants, like the AP1000 are unique every time, even if they are fundamentally very-very similar, they are not identical. Hence the need for going through all the site specific differences, and their effects on the whole system.