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Re:Wind and solar are cheaper than thought, admits UK govern... by ClumsyPilot on Thursday August 27, 2020 @03:30PM (#24297658)
Arguably nuclear is only expensive because we've lost the skills to build it at scale and quickly, I the 70's it did not take 15 years to build a power stations, and neither does it in China today - they are building reactors at unprecedented scale, cost effectively and on schedule.
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Re:Wind and solar are cheaper than thought, admits UK govern... by natmaka on Friday August 28, 2020 @01:18AM (#24301586)
In 2009 their intention was to "raise the percentage of China's electricity produced by nuclear power to 6% by 2020"

In 2019 nuclear produced 4.9% of the gridpower.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_China

This is hardly an "unprecedented scale", which AFAIK lies elsewhere: https://unfccc.int/news/china-and-india-lead-global-renewabl...

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Re:Wind and solar are cheaper than thought, admits UK govern... by eloff on Thursday August 27, 2020 @03:40PM (#24297749)
Yes, much like the US has forgotten how to build subways, tunnels, bridges, and infrastructure cost effectively in general. I don't know how that happened, and I think it's a pretty sad outcome.

Maybe in a different regulatory and economic environment, nuclear could be competitive. I don't know. Even coal is becoming uncompetitive in the US compared with renewables, and it's a lot cheaper and lower risk than nuclear.

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