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I don't know. Regulations require labor. And there's no amount of economies of scale that's going to overcome that. Just to get started there's years of unde
by bb88 3y ago
I don't know. Regulations require labor. And there's no amount of economies of scale that's going to overcome that. Just to get started there's years of understanding the regulations. Then there's the super high levels of security needed. The super high levels of monitoring needed to run the reactor, etc, etc.
People say "Nuclear" because TINA (There is no alternative). But given what's going on with this plant, even if they can recoup the $35B in 20 years, given the risk and the debt load on the company, I wouldn't be surprised if they cancelled it before it went online.
And generally, after watching enough documentaries about nuclear power plant disasters, I think I don't want to live anywhere near one. Truth is the first casualty during an accident.