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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm pro nuclear energy and think that people who are against are just unknowingly helping the fossil fuel industry.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

doesn't benefit from economies of scale.

China has gotten construction costs and build time for 1TW reactors down to <3B and <8 years.

Costs go down when you've got enough heavy forging capacity to make the reactor vessel in 1 piece.