Britain to start approval process for Rolls-Royce mini nuclear reactor

Re:Britain to start approval process for Rolls-Royce mini nu... by pfdietz on Monday March 07, 2022 @07:02PM (#30594950)

> And that solar is the most expensive way of producing power per kWh

This is utter bollocks. Solar is amazingly cheap today, per kWh produced. In the best places, it's around $0.013/kWh. Nuclear can't even meet that if you totally discount all capital and financing costs.

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Re:Britain to start approval process for Rolls-Royce mini nu... by moffkalast on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @01:56PM (#30604358)

> In the best places

With all due respect, that's a pretty bullshit metric. Most of the world's population does not live where solar works best, so you'll get only fractional output and much higher price to performance.

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Re:Britain to start approval process for Rolls-Royce mini nu... by pfdietz on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @04:38PM (#30607465)

Your response is without merit. Yes, most people don't live in places with the best solar resource. But the cost of solar I gave there is so cheap (like, a factor of 10 cheaper than new nuclear) that one could be 2-3x more expensive than that and still not be the most expensive source of electricity per kWh.

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Re:Britain to start approval process for Rolls-Royce mini nu... by JoeAltmaier on Monday March 07, 2022 @07:05PM (#30594966)

Isn't that with subsidies etc? It averages 7.5 cents per kwh 'fully loaded' including equipment, installation and expected maintenance.

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Re:Britain to start approval process for Rolls-Royce mini nu... by pfdietz on Monday March 07, 2022 @07:21PM (#30595065)

No, it's not with subsidies. Are you quoting RESIDENTIAL solar there? I was talking about utility-scale solar, which is the relevant thing to compare against nuclear.

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