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Construction cost of nuclear reactors (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by cm0002@lemmings.world to c/nuclear@feddit.nl

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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/22/climate/china-us-nuclear-energy-race.html

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[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I mean there there are multiple confounding factors here, right?

The cost of labor has increased since the 1970s, the cost of materials have increased since the 1970s, and the requirements for making sure that the nuclear plants that we build are as safe as possible have increased since the 1970s.

So, having a cost per watt increase in the last 55 years makes perfect sense, right?

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