Nuclear plants too expensive? China shows low-cost construction possible
Nuclear plants too expensive? China shows low-cost construction possible
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Nuclear plants too expensive? China shows low-cost construction possible
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It’s the court fees that get in the way.
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If nuclear energy used the same accounting practices as coal, oil or natural gas energy plants; they would have to pay their customers to hit zero profit.
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We will know in 30 years if they are really cheaper over their lifetime.
France did a similar low cost mass production of nuclear reactors in the 1970ties and those reactors turned out to have a lot of construction defects some decades later and costly repairs really drove up their total costs.
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Nuclear plants have been decommissioned and restored to regular use in the past. There is nothing prospective about the costs of the operation.
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Yeah, I expect shutting down the plant for any kind of maintenance is really expensive with nuclear
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I believe the bigger issue is that once you have started them, a lot of the interior is radioactive (even when turned off) and thus repairs become quite complicated, compared to doing a more thorough job during construction when there is no radiation yet.
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Yay low cost nuclear reactors! /s
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Looks like a strategy that no western country can copy. It requires careful planning ahead and domestic manufacturing.
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Also a completely integrated local and low-cost supply chain, unlimited access to cheap physical labour and an incredible government overreach to ensure every company is towing the same line.
To further note:
The authors caution that nuclear power is still not cheap
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I still can't understand why nuclear power is still so popular even among solarpunks. Solarpunk is all about generational justice. Nuclear power is all but that.