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I don't get this. If the price per mwh has basically doubled. The price of steel must have taken a huge jump. Except if I try and get a price https://tradingec

• epistasis 4y ago
  The entire point of moving towards the more expensive form factor of SMRs was to avoid cost overruns, and maybe even get some cost decreases in the future. I maintain hope that some of the other SMR attempts will not have the same ballooning costs problem of every single nuclear project that inspired them, but it's a hold based on the need for the tech, not a hope that could be backed with a rational reasoning. I fear that the entire nuclear industry is filled with charlatans, and nobody who isn't a charlatan would ever get funding to start working on a new reactor.
  • Schroedingersat 4y ago
    Luckily there has been an ever growing torrent of successful demos, new technologies and projects coming in on time and on budget (or before and below) from the renewable sector. There are still some missing pieces, and more policy support is needed; but more and more it's looking like completing the puzzle is possible without the charlatans, and it may even happen before 2 degrees.