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> NIMBY lawsuits are not what has affected recent nuclear builds. Can you give some examples? > There are strict limits on what such lawsuits can do. On pape
by pdonis 3y ago
> NIMBY lawsuits are not what has affected recent nuclear builds.
Can you give some examples?
> There are strict limits on what such lawsuits can do.
On paper that might be true. But the actual law rarely matches the law on paper.
- pfdietz 3y agoHere's a timeline for what happened at Vogtle. No NIMBY lawsuits in there; plenty of screw ups and back and forth lawsuits among the participants though. https://www.powermag.com/how-the-vogtle-nuclear-expansions-costs-escalated/ https://www.powermag.com/how-the-vogtle-nuclear-expansions-c...
- pdonis 3y agoThis looks like adding reactors to an already existing site. That kind of project won't have the same exposure to NIMBY lawsuits because the site is already there. The kind of project I had in mind was standing up a new site that had not previously had any reactors located there. That said, I did not mean to imply that such lawsuits are the only issue that drives up costs for nuclear plants. From the article you reference it seems like various forms of government meddling in the process is a major factor, not to mention corporations being more interested in jockeying for position than getting a job done.
- natmaka 3y ago> No NIMBY lawsuits in there; plenty of screw ups and back and forth lawsuits among the participants though. This is also true for the French project (Flamanville-3, an EPR). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36258182 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36258182