Re:Hinkley Point C nuclear plant to run £2.9bn over budget
by epistasis on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @07:47AM
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Absolutely not, the history and timelines do not support the narrative of TMI and Chernobyl stopping construction. They certainly didn't help, but go back and read this pre-Chernobyl analysis that lays the blame squarely on mismanagement:
Or look at when new projects were started, and you see nuclear starts dramatically fall even before we had TMI and Chernobyl.
The revisionist history is to say that we stopped building nuclear because we are scared of it. The reality is that economics and bad management make it extremely unattractive to build, then and now.
https://blowhardwindbag.blogspot.com/2011/04/forbes-article-...
Or look at when new projects were started, and you see nuclear starts dramatically fall even before we had TMI and Chernobyl.
The revisionist history is to say that we stopped building nuclear because we are scared of it. The reality is that economics and bad management make it extremely unattractive to build, then and now.