Nuclear plants too expensive? China shows low-cost construction possible

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• poVoq@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  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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  • AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah, I expect shutting down the plant for any kind of maintenance is really expensive with nuclear

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    • poVoq@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      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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  • keepthepace@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    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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• schmorpel@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yay low cost nuclear reactors! /s

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• sexy_peach@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Looks like a strategy that no western country can copy. It requires careful planning ahead and domestic manufacturing.

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  • oneser@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    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:

    Low cost still doesn’t mean cheap

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    • sexy_peach@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yup china also knows this, that’s why they build much more renewables

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    • drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      incredible government overreach to ensure every company is towing the same line.

      If you mean incredible as in incredibly good, then yes.

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• greengnu@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  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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• Sunshine@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It’s the court fees that get in the way.

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