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Re:Why Nuclear Must Be Part Of The Energy Solution (2018) by melling on Monday March 01, 2021 @05:39AM (#26301438)
Even with that, 20% of US electricity is still from nuclear.

We managed to build these before the industry became expensive.

Now Germany and the United States are rushing to close the operating plants.

I’m not sure why we can’t figure out how to build a standard design and replicate it

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Re:Why Nuclear Must Be Part Of The Energy Solution (2018) by konjin on Monday March 01, 2021 @05:59AM (#26301538)
Because we can't build anything larger than an office building on time and on budget.
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Re:Why Nuclear Must Be Part Of The Energy Solution (2018) by _nalply on Monday March 01, 2021 @07:21AM (#26302058)
Perhaps because that standard design didn't work out?

Even Switzerland is shutting down nuclear plants and they managed to build the longest railroad tunnel of the world without budget overruns and half a year before due date.

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Re:Why Nuclear Must Be Part Of The Energy Solution (2018) by dispat0r on Monday March 01, 2021 @08:01AM (#26302345)
In Switzerland it's a political decision same as Germany it has nothing todo with cost or the ability to run the plants.
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Re:Why Nuclear Must Be Part Of The Energy Solution (2018) by _nalply on Monday March 01, 2021 @11:51AM (#26304774)
That's not so clear cut. Mühleberg near Berne has said that 2019 they didn't make profit, however the operator company BKW never published gains with that plant.

https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/kanton-bern/das-akw-mueh... (paywalled)

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