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PlayingTheWrongGame t1_iufzq7f wrote

Reply to comment by ok46reddit in Poland chooses US to build its first nuclear power plant by Vegeta9001

> There are several under construction in China and Russia.

Tech demonstrators are not the same as cost-competitive commercial products.

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ok46reddit t1_iui29nd wrote

By that standard every single cold-war style nuke generation complex is a 'tech demonstrator' since they are all pretty much subsidized one-offs.

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PlayingTheWrongGame t1_iujd3al wrote

It’s almost like this method of generating electricity inherently scales poorly.

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ok46reddit t1_iujuxtu wrote

I don't know where you are getting that idea. Particularly with distributed generation becoming more common.

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