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The US unfortunately has almost built no standardized / modular reactors. Everyone was custom. That is why they were so expansive to build. SNUPPS and the AP-1
by preisschild 1y ago
The US unfortunately has almost built no standardized / modular reactors. Everyone was custom. That is why they were so expansive to build.
SNUPPS and the AP-1000 are the only "standardized" nuclear power plant designs built in the US and there were only a small number of them built. Not enough to benefit from economies of scale benefits through standardization and modularization.
- fsh 1y agoAccording to the list on Wikipedia, the existing reactors in the US are just a few different models [1]. Looks quite standardized to me. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_reactors#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_rea...
- preisschild 1y agoJust look at the capacity numbers, they are different from each other. Even WH 4/3-loops are wildly different from each other.