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If we had built 30 Votgles they wouldn't have cost $30B each. One of the huge problems with modern Nuclear plants is there is no economy of scale. They're all
by jandrese 3y ago
If we had built 30 Votgles they wouldn't have cost $30B each. One of the huge problems with modern Nuclear plants is there is no economy of scale. They're all bespoke projects with fresh people re-learning the skills of the past. If they were being mass produced there would be an established industry with veterans working on most of the plants, saving enormous amounts of time and money.
This is where Wind and Solar are really winning. The industries building them are growing mature and as a result efficiency goes up and costs go down.
This was the promise of nuclear microreactors: that they could be mass produced in a factory and shipped where needed. But it seems like they're never going to get off of the ground.
- HDThoreaun 3y agoKorea and China build nuclear at scale. It has not gotten cheaper for them. In china it has failed so spectacularly that they've now switched back to building more coal instead of nuclear. The reality is that politically required regulation makes nuclear completely uneconomical. The only solution is a political movement that lessens the regulatory burden.
- _hypx 3y agoThat's simply not true. China is building more nuclear power: https://archive.ph/W7JFd https://archive.ph/W7JFd Also note they're nowhere near as costly as Vogtle.