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Building new large reactors is a terrible idea. All the data shows that large reactors are obsolete, too difficult to build in modern economies, and without a g

Building new large reactors is a terrible idea. All the data shows that large reactors are obsolete, too difficult to build in modern economies, and without a good design to build. France's EPR has pretty much failed, and good luck finding any US utility foolish enough to try an AP1000. I don't understand people's attachment to nuclear. We have far better tech now. The large transmission lines at DC are incredibly valuable, however. There should be 4-5GW of floating offshore wind built there, and 10-100GWh of batteries at the old DC site.

agentultra 4y ago
> We have far better tech now. I'm not aware of what that could possibly be? Per unit of fuel it produces the most energy of any commercially available fuel source by a tremendously large margin. It produces extremely little waste compared to any commercially available fuel source. And the waste it does produce is, again by far, the cleanest and safest waste to manage. Fusion is probably the only energy source that would, theoretically, provide better returns but is likely still decades away from commercial availability. So... what technology are you referring to?
acidburnNSA 4y ago
> All the data shows that large reactors are obsolete That is a myth based on only looking at the latest few Western builds and totally ignoring progress in the following designs/builds: Hualong One APR-1400 ABWR VVER-1000 The world is moving forward with large LWRs. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-11-02/china-climate-goals-hinge-on-440-billion-nuclear-power-plan-to-rival-u-s https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-11-02/china-cli...