$60/MWh for advanced nuclear electricity is achievable: GE Hitachi Executive

Re:$60/MWh for advanced nuclear electricity is achievable: G... by defrost on Monday April 03, 2023 @09:34PM (#35433841)

That's a figure with some bounce to it:

    Nuclear reactors connected to the grid in 2021 had a median construction time of 88 months. (7.3 years) [1]

and

    According to an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) study, Tuesday, 15 countries have built a total of 83 nuclear plants over the last 20 years among the 31 countries with nuclear power. It took on average 190 months to build each plant.

    During that period, Korea has built a total of 13 nuclear power plants. The average construction period for each plant was only 56 months (4.6 years), more than three times faster than other countries building nuclear plants. [2]

South Korea insists it meets Nuclear Safety and Security Commission standards, by contrast:

    In France, [ ... ] taking an average of 126 months to build each plant, nearly three times as long as Japan. [2]

    The United States has a total of 100 nuclear power plants, taking on average 272 months to complete one. [2]

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/712841/median-constructi...

[2] https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/2027347/south-korea-s...

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Re:$60/MWh for advanced nuclear electricity is achievable: G... by throwaway4aday on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @07:47AM (#35438102)

You should definitely add the timelines for Japan and China from [2]

  Japan, which has built a total of eight nuclear power plants since 1996, was the fastest, taking only 46 months to build each plant, while China ranked third, building 28 nuclear power plants during that period and averaging 68 months to complete each one.

  Japan’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant Unit 6 is the world’s fastest-built nuclear power plant, taking only 39 months for completion, while of Korea’s Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant Reactor 3 took 49 months to build.

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Re:$60/MWh for advanced nuclear electricity is achievable: G... by pyrale on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @11:15AM (#35441004)

> The United States has a total of 100 nuclear power plants, taking on average 272 months to complete one.

Looks like one or two plants never finished.

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