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It's a crying shame that we didn't build out nuclear in the 1980s as we would have been in an excellent position had we done that. Instead we have the Chinese t
by radicalbyte 2y ago
It's a crying shame that we didn't build out nuclear in the 1980s as we would have been in an excellent position had we done that. Instead we have the Chinese taking 30 years to build our new reactor.
- pjc50 2y agoThe French buildout was very definitely a reaction to the oil crisis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_the_United_Ki... describes a similar process of thinking in the UK, which was abandoned in favor of privatizing the industry, and the PWRs were never built apart from Sizewell B. I suspect the arrival of North Sea oil and gas eased the energy concerns in the 1980s. > Instead we have the Chinese taking 30 years to build our new reactor. It's still owned by the same company that operates all the French nuclear reactors, EDF, and I suspect that most of the people doing the actual work on site are British. China can certainly build new reactors in China. I wonder if it's same the general disease of Western project management which causes high speed rail to get more and more expensive and less feasible.
- KaiserPro 2y agoIt was a shame that we didnt accept EDF's offer to build 10 nuclear plants for free* under around 2000. * would need a gaurenteed strike price around something like 2005 electricity prices. They would have been online by now as they were going to be the same type as the one that opened in finland