First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in operation

Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera... by hef19898 on Thursday December 28, 2023 @04:49AM (#38791785)

And total caoacity of zhose pales in comparison to wind, solar coal being built at the same time. Funny, the numbers are all there, all you have to do is comparing them to realize nuclear is far from growing.

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Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera... by goodpoint on Thursday December 28, 2023 @09:00AM (#38793528)

And it keeps getting more expensive.

People are calling for small, modular and repeatable nuclear reactors that could theoretically get cheaper with scale.

You know what is is actually small, modular and repeatable and getting cheaper with scale? Solar panels and wind turbines.

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Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera... by huytersd on Thursday December 28, 2023 @03:00PM (#38797897)

It’s not nothing though. For the 8 nuclear plants the combined output will be 7GWe. That can power 50 million+ homes. That’s like a fifth of the population.

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