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There aren't any organizations that build reactors though. You'd have to go to France or China.
by readams 5y ago
There aren't any organizations that build reactors though. You'd have to go to France or China.
- bigthymer 5y agoDoesn't Westinghouse build nuclear reactors? https://www.westinghousenuclear.com/new-plants/engineering-construction https://www.westinghousenuclear.com/new-plants/engineering-c...
- readams 5y agoThey're hoping to get to build some. Not in the US of course.
- philipkglass 5y agoThey're building reactors in the state of Georgia: https://info.westinghousenuclear.com/blog/shaping-the-future-of-clean-energy https://info.westinghousenuclear.com/blog/shaping-the-future... Other companies that manufacture nuclear components in the US include Areva, General Electric, and Framatome. But Westinghouse is the only company that has a new reactor design currently under construction in the US.
- count 5y agoThe US is still fielding new nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers. So, they ARE building new power plants, just...not commercial ones.
- PeterisP 5y agoEven if you really had to go to France or China to get some experts (which is not the case) it would be quite reasonable to expect that they do so; using a combination of modern inventions such as airplanes and money it should be possible to get some of them across the ocean.
- epistasis 5y agoFrance does not appear to have the expertise either, Flamanville and Olkiluoto have been disasters. Plus, it's really not clear how they could translate their organizational skills to entirely different culture. Maybe it would work, but it's certainly not a sure thing.