Re:Study identifies reasons for soaring nuclear plant cost o...
by zamalek on Friday November 20, 2020 @06:00PM
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Way to needlessly misrepresent the argument.
Amortized over the duration where we are typically seeing meltdowns in gen1 reactors. 10-50 years?
> "if"
The article talks about modern designs. It is an aspiration, not an assumption. The central argument is that adopting modern reactor designs eliminates meltdown concerns (in addition to reducing costs as the article suggests). That isn't an assumption, that is a suggestion.
Amortized over the duration where we are typically seeing meltdowns in gen1 reactors. 10-50 years?
> "if"
The article talks about modern designs. It is an aspiration, not an assumption. The central argument is that adopting modern reactor designs eliminates meltdown concerns (in addition to reducing costs as the article suggests). That isn't an assumption, that is a suggestion.