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By the way, this blog (Construction Physics) is about why construction in general (not nuclear power construction in particular) is expensive. One big part is t
by sanxiyn 4y ago
By the way, this blog (Construction Physics) is about why construction in general (not nuclear power construction in particular) is expensive. One big part is that construction is done on site, and site-to-site variation hurts standardization and economies of scale.
Finished airplanes can transport itself by flying. This advantage is particular to aircraft industry and probably can't be copied by other industries. Finished buildings can't transport itself.
- trashtester 4y agoAccording to the original article, only 16.5% of the costs of a nuclear plant is from the buildings, though. Most are things like reactor equipment, turbine equipment and electrical equipment. I'd bet most of that could be built in a central factory, and then shipped to the site. In fact, when comparing to air travel costs, the reactor buildings can be compared to the airports.
- ncmncm 4y agoMost costs are actually wholly-legal corruption, charged to various other accounts.