Re:Nuclear Power Gets New Push in U.S., Winning Converts (2022)
by JumpCrisscross on Friday December 29, 2023 @11:26AM
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> storage details are not unknown. Battery prices are very known and continuously decreasing
They’re known and currently high. The unknown is when it reaches a lower level.
> Unlike nuclear which has not been going down or getting faster
AP1000s are being built faster. We don’t know if we can manage cheaper.
> they are building solar wind and hydro far faster (and with increasing speed) than nuclear
Yes. Both. That’s my point.
The storage details are not unknown. Battery prices are very known and continuously decreasing. As are the costs for wider grids. As are the costs of hydro storage. Some of them may be higher than we’d like, but they’re very known and going down. Unlike nuclear which has not been going down or getting faster.
Even in China, they are building solar wind and hydro far faster (and with increasing speed) than nuclear.