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One problem I see with nuclear power is that it goes the very inefficient way over heat. The prices in the building industry are rising so much that it already
by legulere 11y ago
One problem I see with nuclear power is that it goes the very inefficient way over heat.
The prices in the building industry are rising so much that it already is unprofitable to build nuclear power in the west today. (When Hinkley Point C will start producing energy it will have a higher feed in tariff than photovoltaics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinkley_Point_C_nuclear_power_station#Economics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinkley_Point_C_nuclear_power_...)
I don't see any future for nuclear if it doesn't fundamentally change the way it harvests the energy and when it solves the nuclear waste problem economically
- DennisP 11y agoThen you'll like Helion, which produces high-energy charged particles and doesn't use a thermal cycle. Neither of the ycombinator companies produces long-term waste.