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Nuclear is a decade long planning Doesn't work if the government changes hands every 4 years and comes with radical different ideas and starts reversing stuff
by PaywallBuster 3y ago
Nuclear is a decade long planning
Doesn't work if the government changes hands every 4 years and comes with radical different ideas and starts reversing stuff from the previous government.
Totally different to China, with their 20 year plans, where they're committed to developing nuclear, are putting superior resources into it and are building at scale.
Every country with nuclear had a period where they went ahead and build a bunch.
Building one or two in isolation is just a gamble
- TheSpiceIsLife 3y agoAgain, this isn’t intrinsic to the technology, we could be nuclear reactors on time and on budget if we decided to.
- oneshtein 3y agoThen Russians will blow up a dam, so the reactor will run out of water for cooling and then run away into a Red Forest. OR climate change will make a water pond dry, so you cannot even start the reactor. OR terrorists will capture a reactor and mine it. OR massive change in water weight due to climate change will create a massive earthquake.
- cpursley 3y agoNuke plant aside, why would the Russians blow the main water supply to Crimea after only recently getting it back flowing? Or flood out the "Russian" side (their claim, not mine) of the area including their own troops? Especially when they could have just opened the gates. Guess I'm not understanding the logic or advantage here.
- chrysler 3y agoNot only have Russians flooded cities, they are also firing artillery into flooded areas to hamper rescue efforts: https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1666784578747396098 https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/16667845787473960... If your mental model of the world sees Russia as a normal functional country instead of a terrorist state capable, willing and engaged in unrestricted warfare against civilians, then of course you'll find yourself in situations where you "don't understand" what's going on.
- thx-2718 3y agoDistraction. Flooding. Can point fingers at Ukraine. Delays the counter offensive. The operation is disinformation. They know that the world news will report "both sides blame the other" and that's all they need. Russia has clearly demonstrated over the last year that their soldiers are disposable.
- oneshtein 3y agoIt's not possible to defend Crimea from land attacks, as demonstrated multiple times in history. Russians lost the hope to keep Crimea in their hands.
- epistasis 3y agoIf we could decide to do that, what precise changes could we make? I ask because I want nuclear to succeed, but see no path for what you say is possible. And I don't know a single person in the industry, or who is familiar with the failures, that sees the route to producing nuclear as cheaply as, say, China.
- epistasis 3y agoThis is not an accurate description in any way of the nuclear regulatory process. Presidential elections, even if they swapped parties every four years, do not result in massive regulatory changes. The nuclear industry has no one but itself to blame for its failures and bankruptcies.
- PaywallBuster 3y agoJust one example where a key investment gets blocked due to politics Keystone XL pipeline halted after Biden blocks permit https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57422456 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57422456 One presidency would approve it, the next one would disprove it
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoChina relies on 5 year plans, and they still have to deal with a public that doesn’t just implicitly trust them to not be corrupt in the operation of a nuclear power plant. That delayed them at least 5 or so years in the current batch being built out.