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Re:Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens by ajsnigrutin on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @12:03PM (#32153656)
> how to do it without exceeding an already enormous budget by a factor of four as with Olkiluoto

How about imprisoning the responsible for the exceeded budget?

How does Microsoft/Walmart deal with someone promising a thing will cost X but then costs 4X?

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Re:Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens by Gwypaas on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @12:12PM (#32153834)
They shut the project down before the sunk cost fallacy grow too large.
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Re:Germany to Rethink Nuclear Shutdown as Energy Crisis Deepens by ncmncm on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @04:24PM (#32157471)
With nukes, the cost and schedule overruns are the whole point. It would not be approved at all without prospect of those, as payoffs for gatekeepers.

That is why SMR will not find traction.

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