Nuclear power is too slow

Re:Nuclear power is too slow by cm2187 on Friday December 16, 2022 @11:12AM (#34016239)

It's not magic, when you build series like France did in the 70s and 80s (I think they were building 8 or 9 reactors a year), the time and cost reduce. When every project is a unique design, they cost a lot and have lots of delays. Wind and solar would be much more expensive without economies of scales (and if the cost of dealing with their volatility would be factored in).

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Re:Nuclear power is too slow by bryanlarsen on Friday December 16, 2022 @11:17AM (#34016307)

Many solar & wind plants do have the cost of dealing with their volatility built in. For example, 8minuteenergy is developing several solar+battery projects and selling that energy for 4cents per KWh.

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Re:Nuclear power is too slow by masklinn on Saturday December 17, 2022 @03:30AM (#34025956)

Exactly.

Also should be noted that even at the height of France’s building the bigger and more complex reactors took longer and never got down to the build times of the smaller ones: the CP (900MWe) series got down to about 5 years, the P4 (1300) all needed 7+ iirc.

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