Study identifies reasons for soaring nuclear plant cost overruns in the U.S.

Re:Study identifies reasons for soaring nuclear plant cost o... by sunshinerag on Friday November 20, 2020 @01:58PM (#25163648)

Why would the gov. need to pay people? if there is a demand for welding people in the market, their pays would signal people to study for it isn't it?

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Re:Study identifies reasons for soaring nuclear plant cost o... by yvdriess on Friday November 20, 2020 @02:16PM (#25163827)

They get payed for the work, not the training (with some exceptions). Not being payed for training is a barrier for people who are not in a good financial situation.

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Re:Study identifies reasons for soaring nuclear plant cost o... by sunshinerag on Monday November 23, 2020 @04:17AM (#25184967)

If there are lot of potential people with willingness to train and a market to pay for trained people a market for training them with deferred loans etc. would be there?

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Re:Study identifies reasons for soaring nuclear plant cost o... by spenczar5 on Friday November 20, 2020 @02:19PM (#25163857)

I wonder why banks don’t offer loans for job training programs. Seems like it might work. Or maybe they do?

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Re:Study identifies reasons for soaring nuclear plant cost o... by fred_is_fred on Friday November 20, 2020 @02:38PM (#25164023)

You can get student loans to go to welding school - yes.

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Re:Study identifies reasons for soaring nuclear plant cost o... by milesskorpen on Friday November 20, 2020 @03:01PM (#25164310)

People change plans now to need fewer welders (like deciding not to build things) - because there are too few welders - which results in fewer welders in the future. Becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Government action can help break that cycle.

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