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Is there a good source for the economics surrounding large scale nuclear fission reactors? I'm interested to see what part is the gearing cost vs building at l
by yvdriess 5y ago
Is there a good source for the economics surrounding large scale nuclear fission reactors?
I'm interested to see what part is the gearing cost vs building at larger scale. A large part of the cost, some nuclear engineers told me, is that there is no more large scale industry in building large nuclear reactors. Investments have dried up essentially, so next generation plants pay a steep gearing cost.
I'm from a country with about half nuclear mix. The managing company has made around 1-2B EUR in profits last year, and that is with a special 1/5 tax agreement for keeping the nuclear reactors open for longer. So those reactors built in the 70-80s appear to have been massively profitable over their lifetimes. It remains to be seen how much the decommissioning factors in.
- q1w2 5y agoThere are many large reactor construction companies globally. Many of the reactors being built in China, are being done so by French companies.