Re:Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants
by arcticbull on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @12:26PM
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> I think it will be part of a future solution.
I agree completely. Along with solar, wind, hydro (+storage appropriate to each) and probably even natural gas peaker plants.
> But building new right now isn't cheap and will just take to long.
Yep, definitely - but it should be done. If you're interested I'd suggest listening to the most recent Odd Lots with Jigar Shah, who's in charge of the DoE loan program (~300B in capital). He talks about how building reactors right now is like building airports - each one a custom specimen for the given landscape and conditions - whereas he believes we should move to a model of building airplanes, mass-producing reactors that fit only where conditions permit out of reusable components.
> I'm looking forward to see how new reactor designs and modular solutions will fare in the next few years.
I agree completely. Along with solar, wind, hydro (+storage appropriate to each) and probably even natural gas peaker plants.
> But building new right now isn't cheap and will just take to long.
Yep, definitely - but it should be done. If you're interested I'd suggest listening to the most recent Odd Lots with Jigar Shah, who's in charge of the DoE loan program (~300B in capital). He talks about how building reactors right now is like building airports - each one a custom specimen for the given landscape and conditions - whereas he believes we should move to a model of building airplanes, mass-producing reactors that fit only where conditions permit out of reusable components.
> I'm looking forward to see how new reactor designs and modular solutions will fare in the next few years.
Me too!