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We've also spent 30+ years trying to build nuclear plants on time and on budget and we've been unable to do that.
by pumpkinpal 6y ago
We've also spent 30+ years trying to build nuclear plants on time and on budget and we've been unable to do that.
- melling 6y agoEven with that, 20% of US electricity is still from nuclear. We managed to build these before the industry became expensive. Now Germany and the United States are rushing to close the operating plants. I’m not sure why we can’t figure out how to build a standard design and replicate it
- konjin 6y agoBecause we can't build anything larger than an office building on time and on budget.
- _nalply 6y agoPerhaps because that standard design didn't work out? Even Switzerland is shutting down nuclear plants and they managed to build the longest railroad tunnel of the world without budget overruns and half a year before due date.
- dispat0r 6y agoIn Switzerland it's a political decision same as Germany it has nothing todo with cost or the ability to run the plants.
- _nalply 6y agoThat's not so clear cut. Mühleberg near Berne has said that 2019 they didn't make profit, however the operator company BKW never published gains with that plant. https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/kanton-bern/das-akw-muehleberg-rentiert-2019-erstmals-nicht-mehr/story/31329779 https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/kanton-bern/das-akw-mueh... (paywalled)
- ewindal 6y agoAnd we've failed doing that with software for longer, yet we still keep building software.