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Nuclear follows a learning curve too. The reason why it got so expensive is because we fell down the curve. Intentionally. So that we could fill our atmosphere

• rmbyrro 5y ago
  Do you mean we lowered the scale of nuclear after accidents, thus increased cost/Kw generated?
  • tw04 5y ago
    He means when you stop building reactors, you lose the tribal knowledge to build reactors. No different than when folks try to reproduce WWII vehicles and discover the plans don’t actually reflect the real build process because things were adapted on the fly and never written down because everyone “just knew”. Oh that weld? We actually need plates and bolts to reinforce it due to stress cracks in the field.
    • Ekaros 5y ago
      Exactly. When you are building one offs, and something goes wrong and you redo it, you don't gain benefit from knowledge of not making same mistake again. As there isn't next time. Now when you have done same mistake before you won't repeat it. And these mistakes are the reason behind delays and part of cost over runs.
• Gwypaas 5y ago
  Not really, nuclear power is one of those things which has had a negative learning curve. The costs of the French nuclear scale-up: A case of negative learning by doing https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301421510003526 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03014...