Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera...
by cinntaile on Friday December 29, 2023 @05:14AM
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Coal simply does not have the same risk profile so such a list does not exist.
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Wouldn't be happening if new NPPs had been built to replace these ancient designs.
That's possible but the economics have to make sense as well. You would do well to try and extend the lifetime of a NPP and run it as an LTO NPP, this maximises profits if it is possible to run the plant past the lifetime it was originally designed for. Incremental upgrades are the way to go in such a case.
> Wouldn't be happening if new NPPs had been built to replace these ancient designs.
That's possible but the economics have to make sense as well. You would do well to try and extend the lifetime of a NPP and run it as an LTO NPP, this maximises profits if it is possible to run the plant past the lifetime it was originally designed for. Incremental upgrades are the way to go in such a case.