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pro-diletant t1_iu7jl71 wrote

Reply to comment by Armadylspark in Poland picks U.S. offer for its first nuclear power plant -PM by SunfireGaren

I assume the important factors were building time and cost.

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xel-naga t1_iu8d24j wrote

That's probably the biggest problem of nuclear that all the fission fans here on reddit don't account for. There is no country besides south korea that ever reduced their cost [0] historically. Nearly all reactors are way over budget and take longer to complete. So idk how that affects your decision which vendor you buy from.

[0] https://thebreakthrough.org/articles/historical-construction-costs-of-global-nuclear-power-reactors

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tonytheloony t1_iu7yc9l wrote

Or politics… but it would be great to know the decision process

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