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Meanwhile India is building 8 reactors right now with 10 more planned over the next decade. China is actively building 23 right now.

geysersam 3y ago
That's incredibly impressive. Since it takes approximately 6 years to build a reactor in China that amounts to about 4 reactors per year.
- hef19898 3y ago
  And total caoacity of zhose pales in comparison to wind, solar coal being built at the same time. Funny, the numbers are all there, all you have to do is comparing them to realize nuclear is far from growing.
  - goodpoint 3y ago
    And it keeps getting more expensive. People are calling for small, modular and repeatable nuclear reactors that could theoretically get cheaper with scale. You know what is is actually small, modular and repeatable and getting cheaper with scale? Solar panels and wind turbines.
  - huytersd 3y ago
    It’s not nothing though. For the 8 nuclear plants the combined output will be 7GWe. That can power 50 million+ homes. That’s like a fifth of the population.
missedthecue 3y ago
Russia has 4 domestically under construction and about 17 actively under construction internationally. They are planning something like 29 more by 2050, though the jury is out on whether those will actually ever get completed. But it is very nice that RosAtom seems to be one of the most competently run Russian Gov agencies.
pfdietz 3y ago
Are they building or are they "building" (as in, talking and planning and not actually building.) India is famous for talking about nuclear. Building it, not as much. India gets 2x as much energy from PV as it does from nuclear, and the PV is growing rapidly.
- huytersd 3y ago
  Under construction https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PHWR_under_Construction_at_Kakrapar_Gujarat_India.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PHWR_under_Construct... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_India?wprov=sfti1#List_of_nuclear_power_plants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_India?wprov=s...

geysersam 3y ago

That's incredibly impressive. Since it takes approximately 6 years to build a reactor in China that amounts to about 4 reactors per year.

hef19898 3y ago
And total caoacity of zhose pales in comparison to wind, solar coal being built at the same time. Funny, the numbers are all there, all you have to do is comparing them to realize nuclear is far from growing.
- goodpoint 3y ago
  And it keeps getting more expensive. People are calling for small, modular and repeatable nuclear reactors that could theoretically get cheaper with scale. You know what is is actually small, modular and repeatable and getting cheaper with scale? Solar panels and wind turbines.
- huytersd 3y ago
  It’s not nothing though. For the 8 nuclear plants the combined output will be 7GWe. That can power 50 million+ homes. That’s like a fifth of the population.

missedthecue 3y ago

Russia has 4 domestically under construction and about 17 actively under construction internationally. They are planning something like 29 more by 2050, though the jury is out on whether those will actually ever get completed. But it is very nice that RosAtom seems to be one of the most competently run Russian Gov agencies.

pfdietz 3y ago

Are they building or are they "building" (as in, talking and planning and not actually building.) India is famous for talking about nuclear. Building it, not as much. India gets 2x as much energy from PV as it does from nuclear, and the PV is growing rapidly.

huytersd 3y ago
Under construction https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PHWR_under_Construction_at_Kakrapar_Gujarat_India.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PHWR_under_Construct... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_India?wprov=sfti1#List_of_nuclear_power_plants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_India?wprov=s...