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Re:Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time – p... by xbmcuser on Saturday October 17, 2026 @04:10PM (#50134655)
Its not just matter of regulation if it was that easy to build China would be building 100s. And by saying China I am referencing their manufacturing capacity and them being a command economy that does not have the same financial profitability concerns. It is not like they have not tried they have but nuclear technology the world has currently have does not translate to mass manufacturing.
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Re:Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time – p... by cbmuser on Saturday October 17, 2026 @06:20PM (#50135704)
China is currently building almost 40 nuclear plants at the same time.
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Re:Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time – p... by xbmcuser on Saturday October 17, 2026 @09:48PM (#50137036)
Yeah but that is over the next 10-15 years.
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Re:Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time – p... by bagacrap on Saturday October 17, 2026 @11:12PM (#50137577)
They are currently building half of all the nuclear plants under construction around the world.

You are right that China has structural advantages when it comes to building nuclear, and they are making use of them.

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Re:Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time – p... by bobthepanda on Sunday October 18, 2026 @12:17PM (#50142413)
Its basically a drop in the bucket. If you look at five year plans the nuclear share is continually dropping.

By 2030 there is 110GW planned of nuclear and 2800GW of solar and wind.

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Re:Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time – p... by dalyons on Saturday October 17, 2026 @11:10PM (#50137566)
Effectively nothing at the scale of their grid
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