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On this map I can't see _any_ nuclear under construction in the US yet the rest of the world seems to be building many. When a man has a hammer everything is a
by brikym 2mo ago
On this map I can't see _any_ nuclear under construction in the US yet the rest of the world seems to be building many.
When a man has a hammer everything is a gas turbine. GEV stock has treated me well but I'd much rather nuclear was winning.
It's a catch22 problem because nuclear is much slower to build than a data center so there is no demand from the data centers. And the nuclear plant doesn't know the demand will be there in 5 years once with gas soaking up demand. So the build it and they will come strategy is risky. Building infrastructure is like a muscle that gets stronger with repetitions. The cost will only come down once some are built but nobody wants to build at the current high prices. Govt help is needed to kick start it.
- burger_moon 2mo agoDOE is investing heavily in SMRs right now. There's 4 which have reached criticality so far. Chris Wright the DOE head is a o&g political appointee hack, but the career employees at DOE are working on pushing clean energy forward. https://nric.inl.gov/news/ https://nric.inl.gov/news/
- ViewTrick1002 2mo agoThe world isn’t building nuclear power. It’s simply too slow to build and expensive to be relevant.
- brikym 2mo agoThat's not true though. China has ~20 plants under construction.
- skrause 2mo agoIn 2025 China built 696 TWh of new wind + solar power and 13 TWh of new nuclear power. So to a first approximation it's fair to say that even China isn't really building out nuclear power anymore.
- kristianp 2mo agoGreat comment. China is still building Coal and Gas power too, I wonder how they compare.
- brikym 2mo agoForgot to post the link -> https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/facts-and-figures/nuclear-power-plant-explorer https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/facts-and-figu...