Re:First new US nuclear reactor in decades enters commercial...
by epistasis on Monday July 31, 2023 @06:11PM
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It's easy to find detailed retrospectives of the multitude of failures here.
I haven't found a single one that said excess regulation was a problem, but I have found a huge number that showed project management, bad design, bad communication between engineers and EPC, etc. were all to blame.
Here's one I was reading recently from 2017, about the welding issues. Every other aspect, such as concrete, exhibited similar failures.
But if you have an idea of which regulations to change, or how to fix project management, you can pick up a half-completed pair of reactors in South Carolina on the cheap. That boondoggle often gets forgotten when examining Vogtle.
I haven't found a single one that said excess regulation was a problem, but I have found a huge number that showed project management, bad design, bad communication between engineers and EPC, etc. were all to blame.
Here's one I was reading recently from 2017, about the welding issues. Every other aspect, such as concrete, exhibited similar failures.
https://www.enr.com/articles/43325-witness-to-the-origins-of...
But if you have an idea of which regulations to change, or how to fix project management, you can pick up a half-completed pair of reactors in South Carolina on the cheap. That boondoggle often gets forgotten when examining Vogtle.