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deja_geek t1_j5dqou9 wrote

Reply to comment by Cynical_Cabinet in Eye-popping new cost estimates released for NuScale small modular reactor by paulfdietz

It's not the design but inflation pressure on the supply chain.

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muffinhead2580 t1_j5gk8vl wrote

Yeah, maybe according to what NuScale is saying. But if you look at the cost increase percentages of the manufacturing materials they don't add up to the increase in cost NuScale is claiming.

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paulfdietz OP t1_j5h9zjy wrote

And materials are only a fraction of the total cost of making something.

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