• @[email protected]
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    33 months ago

    If you start building a new nuclear plant today, it’ll start generating power around the year 2045, by which time renewables with storage will have gotten even cheaper.

    Bet you the public will be on the hook to pay for that white elephant because utility companies privatize profits and socialize losses.

    • @someacnt_
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      13 months ago

      Why do you assume it takes that long? Are you assuming US circumstances?

      • @[email protected]
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        23 months ago

        That’s how long they actually end up taking to build.

        Look up the project history of your local NPP and see how long it was from planning approval to putting power on the grid.

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          3 months ago

          It says it took 60 months on average. I guess from approval, it often took 8 years, so a decade makes sense.