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Nuclear used to be built cheaply, before regulatory uncertainty made private construction effectively impossible: https://gordianknotbook.com/wp-content/upload
by m101 4mo ago
Nuclear used to be built cheaply, before regulatory uncertainty made private construction effectively impossible:
https://gordianknotbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/essays_nuke_nuke_was_cheap_v4.pdf https://gordianknotbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/essay...
- pfdietz 4mo agoYou can't look at the early plants built in the US that were "turnkey" plants. These were bid at prices not reflecting what they would cost to build, but what was necessary to compete with coal. The vendors took a bath on these plants.