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The largest problem of nuclear price is the price of construction. Construction doesn’t keep up with efficiency gains in the rest of the economy and as a result
by legulere 6y ago
The largest problem of nuclear price is the price of construction. Construction doesn’t keep up with efficiency gains in the rest of the economy and as a result gets more and more expensive.
- AstralStorm 6y agoYes, and cleaning up the excess CO2 will be even more expensive, not to mention the unrecoverable damage to ecosystems, even more expensive to paper over. But they got theirs and in 25 years will be gone. This is why every cost argument as well as CO2 pricing scheme fails, and why were in the dire straits now.
- ncmncm 6y agoWithout the high price of construction, nuke wouldn't happen at all, in the US. The cost overruns are the gravy train for corruption that motivates the whole process. Cut off cost overruns and corruption, and all the appeal at high levels dries up. Other countries have other dynamics. Small-scale nukes are locked institutionally in competition with big corruption nukes, so at a disadvantage. Solar and wind start producing competitive power immediately. There is much less room there for corruption, but the immediate income from output drives investment.