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Russophobia aside, the next-gen russian nuclear model (first exporter in the world, of nuclear plants) is built in 3.5 years, which is state of the art. And at
by SemanticStrengh 4y ago
Russophobia aside, the next-gen russian nuclear model (first exporter in the world, of nuclear plants) is built in 3.5 years, which is state of the art. And at the same time has a high throughput (1300MWe) (much higher than the billion dollar mini-reactor fad) and state of the art longevity.
It's very difficult for me to find the actual prices, of the different nuclear plants models competitors, but since most of the cost is construction cost and 3.5 year is SOTA, I assume, if Russia price them reasonably that this will shift the balance of nuclear energy competitivity worldwide. (china nuclear is already price competitive however they don't export (yet?))
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VVER#VVER-TOI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VVER#VVER-TOI
If anyone has more info on those seemingly disruptive VVER-TOI, please share
- likecarter 4y agoNo EU or CANZAUKUS country would import a Russian design in the current environment or foreseeable future, as the Russians will be the ones to have the expertise to maintain it.
- jillesvangurp 4y agoFinland just pulled the plug on a project to build a new nuclear plant for this reason: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finnish-group-ditches-russian-built-nuclear-plant-plan-2022-05-02/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finnish-group-ditches-r...
- Iwan-Zotow 4y agoHa-ha-ha-ha, ever heard about Hungary?
- Krasnol 4y agoDon't need any Russophobia to see that Russia will have troubles to maintain it's fleet pretty soon if those sanctions keep on running. They are already missing significant parts which came from the West for all kinds of manufacturing and it will get worse and worse. While China can provide basic parts at a high price, they can't provide it all. I wonder how long it will take until the nuclear fan club starts recognising the risks which will result from this development. Not only in Russia but also in countries which bought into a nuclear/energy dependency from Russia. Same considerations should go for countries which buy into nuclear dependencies from China.
- LargoLasskhyfv 4y agoWhy don't you click from there to [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkuyu_Nuclear_Power_Plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkuyu_Nuclear_Power_Plant and on to [2] http://www.akkuyu.com http://www.akkuyu.com ? Which is about a project in progress in Turkey, having 4 of them. Just skimming [2] gives: > The stake of Rosatom State Corporation in the project is 99.2%. The total project cost is estimated at 20 billion US dollars.
- SemanticStrengh 4y agoyes so 5 billion per plant and ~4 year construction time. However some of this cost might be a lucrative margin for russia? The estimated construction cost of a VVER 1200 on wikipedia is 1.4 billion. 1.5 with interests. The rest would be frozen money for operating the plant during its 60-80 year lifespan? Or constructions costs would be higher than estimated? Expected annual generation is 35 billion kWh when complete.[2]
- LargoLasskhyfv 4y agoMaybe it's more expensive because it's being built in a tectonically active area? Though one of the most stable regions, or even the most stable region in Turkey. (According to the graphics from Wikipedia)
- eunos 4y agoExported to Pakistan and likely to Argentina
- freemint 4y agoI don't get why Germany gets shit for importing gas from Russia when whoever supports that (or depends on Russian nuclear fuel) directly finances the russian nuclear weapons program which is being led by the very same company, Rosatom. Competitively priced to renewables is a moving target. You do not just need to match it the moment you build it but over the expected life time.