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The article already points out that a 17 hour job at a site can be done in one hour at a factory. That's a huge savings factor right there! You don't need econ
by UltraViolence 5y ago
The article already points out that a 17 hour job at a site can be done in one hour at a factory. That's a huge savings factor right there!
You don't need economies of scale to make SMR's profitable. They already are from the get go.
- panick21_ 5y agoI have seen a some of analysis that suggested that as long as you are working with PWR you are not gone do a huge amount better economically. It might be a little better, but we have to break free of water cooled reactor. It makes simply no sense as a design point. The only reason we have it is because it made sense for nuclear submarines.
- UltraViolence 5y agoThe cost gains are from standardized build templates with factory built components. Like I said, today's nuclear reactors are all bespoke builds.
- panick21_ 5y agoYes but as I pointed out, if you study mass production, the benefits of standardization and mass production are proportional to amount you produce. Going from producing 1 of something to 4 of something, the benefits are not actually that large. There is a far, far bigger effect going from PWR to a Molten Salt because that results in a factor 10 or more in difference in size of plant for the same output.