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Re:Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? Part II... by andbberger on Friday September 30, 2022 @05:53PM (#33041288)
energy austerity is incompatible with climate change mitigations. eg thermal industrial processes currently powered by fossil fuels need to be moved to grid power.

their proposal was to spend $2B to lose 2GW of carbon free baseline power

everything in my statement is true and based on documents in the public record

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Re:Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? Part II... by epistasis on Friday September 30, 2022 @05:59PM (#33041357)
I have followed the documents carefully, doing a deep dive on Diablo Canyon around 2020, but I do not recognize your framing of the situation as anywhere close to accurate. I'm also not sure what you mean when you are referring to energy austerity in your comment, of what $2B you are talking about.
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Re:Why are nuclear power construction costs so high? Part II... by andbberger on Friday September 30, 2022 @06:11PM (#33041458)
$2B is the cost to decommission diablo canyon. energy austerity is planning to use less energy when we know for a fact we're going to need more.
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