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-The_Blazer- t1_j5ekyzy wrote

Reply to comment by Different_Access6316 in Eye-popping new cost estimates released for NuScale small modular reactor by paulfdietz

Besides, it's actually more expensive than traditionally nuclear power, which has a LCOE of about 65$/MWh according to the IPCC and NEA, costs, say, 10 billion to build for a 1600MW power capacity, and performs better than gas power plants in the long term. It turns out there's a good reason nuclear reactors are typically built huge.

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paulfdietz OP t1_j5hanp7 wrote

That LCOE for nuclear would involve unrealistic assumptions. The LCOE from Vogtle 3/4 will be much higher than that.

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-The_Blazer- t1_j5j2bxe wrote

LCOE isn't calculated on the basis of outliers.

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paulfdietz OP t1_j5jrpzr wrote

Apparently it should be computed on the basis of old, irrelevant historical data? Or maybe on the basis of promises on Power Point slides.

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