> The cost of nuclear is artificially high because special interests have lobbied hard against nuclear, draining western countries of the experience to build nuclear facilities rapidly and also taking away any opportunities for efficiencies of scale.
This is also why we are building HUGE reactors.
The bureaucracy for building a nuclear plant is pretty much the same whether you build a 1 watt plant or a 1 terawatt plant.
Thus, it's more cost-effective to build the biggest m-f:n plant you possibly can.
This is also why we are building HUGE reactors.
The bureaucracy for building a nuclear plant is pretty much the same whether you build a 1 watt plant or a 1 terawatt plant.
Thus, it's more cost-effective to build the biggest m-f:n plant you possibly can.