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I am pro-nuclear as a concept but it seems to not economically viable -- look to the last plant to open in the US - Vogel being billions and over budget and in
by pstuart 3y ago
I am pro-nuclear as a concept but it seems to not economically viable -- look to the last plant to open in the US - Vogel being billions and over budget and in no way cost-competitive: https://www.powermag.com/blog/plant-vogtle-not-a-star-but-a-tragedy-for-the-people-of-georgia/ https://www.powermag.com/blog/plant-vogtle-not-a-star-but-a-...
If nuclear is going to ever succeed economically it would have to be via Small Modular Reactors that can be built en mass rather than bespoke power plants. And even there, the price pressure from renewables is making that debatable.
An irony here is that nuclear promised energy that was "too cheap to measure" but renewables are actually delivering on that.
- yawaramin 3y agoIf it's not economically viable then how come countries around the world, from rich to poor, and doing it? Do they just love wasting their money?
- hackerlight 3y agoDivide the amount of new renewable capacity by new nuclear capacity if that's your actual argument.
- yawaramin 3y agoWhy capacity and not actual MWh generated electricity?
- hackerlight 3y agoThat is a better metric. So, what do your calculations show for 2023?