Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? Part III

Re:Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? Part II... by epistasis on Friday September 30, 2022 @04:49PM (#33040602)

Is our ultimate goal to get nuclear at any cost? Then sure.

But nuclear at any cost is not a reasonable goal. The only reason we want nuclear is for its carbon-free energy. At which point it must be evaluated on its merits, not as an end goal of its own

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Re:Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? Part II... by donmaq on Friday September 30, 2022 @07:49PM (#33042200)

And how can we just ignore the waste problem? [1] In many cases, containment pools are full to the brim with spent rods [2], which is both environmentally hazardous, & a target for terrorists (dirty bombs)

1: https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/nuclear-waste

2: https://ips-dc.org/spent_nuclear_fuel_pools_in_the_us_reduci...

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Re:Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? Part II... by pfdietz on Friday September 30, 2022 @10:35PM (#33043256)

We can ignore the waste problem because nuclear fails even if we do so.

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Re:Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? Part II... by Schroedingersat on Friday September 30, 2022 @11:29PM (#33043585)

The waste problem is real, and if the nuclear shills can demonstrate that there can exist a nuclear reactor that can compete with solar+storage in winter at 45 degrees north economically then we can bother talking about it.

Until then we dismiss them along with every other technology that does not meaningfully exist.

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