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Isn't that largely because of the regulatory burden?
by brigadier132 2y ago
Isn't that largely because of the regulatory burden?
- BenFranklin100 2y agoYes. And the fact we don’t build nuclear at scale. All projects have been essentially one-offs, built and managed by inexperienced teams working on custom designs. If we build the same type of plant hundreds of times by experienced teams, the cost per unit will plummet.
- justapassenger 2y agoFor something where Chernobyl or Fukushima is far from a worst case scenario I do appreciate there’s regulator burden involved in new deployments.
- croes 2y agoYou mean necessary burden. Especially since times got morr tense between the west and Russia and China.
- loeg 2y agoIt's a cost, but far from the only cost. Construction is truly expensive.
- kragen 2y agono, it's largely because thermal power plants are expensive: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40724305 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40724305