Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera...
by dalyons on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @06:55PM
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And I “guarantee” the opposite. Nuclear is fundamentally massive complicated technology that just wouldn’t benefit from cost reductions due to manufacturing scale in the same degree. Solar is so so simple in comparison, that’s why it’s gotten so cheap and will continue to get cheaper.
Maybe after 10 years of massively scaled nuke production we get costs down 2-4x . That would be nice but solar is down 30x and still dropping.
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Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera...
by hn_throwaway_99 on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @08:04PM
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Exactly. Furthermore, it's not like we can go back 40 years and make stronger investments in nuclear from back then. The need to decarbonize is so massive right now that it doesn't make sense to invest a ton in technology that will only be "ready" in 2055. By that time renewables (and the storage infrastructure that will be required) will have an insurmountable lead unless large scale fusion becomes viable.