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> Still, I do feel that some fusion hype is partially due to people not giving fission enough credit though I wonder if this is more a marketing thing. Fission
by cinntaile 4y ago
> Still, I do feel that some fusion hype is partially due to people not giving fission enough credit though
I wonder if this is more a marketing thing. Fission has a bad rep so people try to evade it by getting funding for fusion or SMRs (I know this is fission too) instead. Which people don't associate with classical nuclear reactor tech. Even though it's probably better to just put that money towards a new AP1000 from a cost perspective.
- thinkcontext 4y agoIt's extremely unlikely any more AP1000s will be built in the US. All projects that were in the development pipeline have been cancelled due to the spectacular financial failures that Summer and Vogtle have been. The only way it could happen is if the feds took on construction risk.
- cinntaile 4y agoThat's a fair point, I don't know if there are any other fission reactor candidates that have a better shot at succeeding? Maybe SMRs are the only possible candidates even though the economics ($/kWh) are likely worse, if they can build them on time then at least we're working with a predictable outcome.
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