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Nuclear costs so much because we haven't built reactors in decades. If we had been focused on nuclear innovation and deployment consistently since the 50s, then
by ryan_j_naughton 5y ago
Nuclear costs so much because we haven't built reactors in decades. If we had been focused on nuclear innovation and deployment consistently since the 50s, then (a) we would have smaller nuclear facilities by now that are much easier to deploy and can't melt down and (b) operationalizing and deploying nuclear in general would be much cheaper.
You have a headwind to doing an activity when you rarely engage in an activity.
Chernobyl really messed us up in this regard, sadly.
- caoilte 5y agoHow about 3 mile island or Fukushima or countless other times where we got lucky. Nuclear disasters are an inevitability with such a complex technology. I'm all in favour of more research into MSRs, but it could easily not work out to be efficient enough to scale. And solar/wind/storage/smart grid solutions are already here and demonstrably up to the job.