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Building them in series tends to make per-unit cost come down.
by the8472 5y ago
Building them in series tends to make per-unit cost come down.
- _ph_ 5y agoYes, that would be to expect. But to determine the feasibility and calculate possible savings with further units, one would have to finish the first of the series first.
- it_citizen 5y agoSurprisingly, experience has shown that building more nuclear plants, even standardized, don't make them cheaper to build but more expensive. 2010: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301421510003526 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03014... 2020: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/11/why-are-nuclear-plants-so-expensive-safetys-only-part-of-the-story/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/11/why-are-nuclear-plan...
- the8472 5y agoIn the 2020 article two of the 3 reasons listed are changes, regulation and design changes. So it's not really series-production of a single model.