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Re:Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? by curiousllama on Thursday June 09, 2022 @02:35PM (#31685074)
I mean depends how it's broken, right? Broken could just mean anything from "will blow up momentarily" to "more inefficient than spec, but totally safe"
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Re:Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? by immmmmm on Thursday June 09, 2022 @02:43PM (#31685174)
Carbon migration problems during forging if i recall correctly. So steel is out of specs. How badly will certainly remain secret, like most things in this industry.
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Re:Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? by sveme on Thursday June 09, 2022 @02:42PM (#31685158)
But with that position any spec is useless.
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