Maybe keep existing plants going past their original decommissioning date if it can be done safely, maybe.
Look at Vogtle in Georgia:
Major construction on Vogtle began in 2012 with a $14 billion price tag and expected startup dates of 2016 and 2017. A series of contractor delays, a litany of rework, problems with finishing individual tasks on time and the bankruptcy of reactor designer Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC have doubled the project’s costs.
Nuclear has all kinds of problems. It has always been more expensive than promised, even before Westinghouse went under. Plus, there's the perpetual issue of what do you do with the waste?
DW - Fact Check - Is Nuclear Energy Good for the Climate?
The Alta Wind Energy Center in California has 1550 MW installed capacity and cost $2.9B. $1.9M/MW.
Vogtle 3 and 4 each have 1250 MW gross capacity. $12M/MW.
We could buy a lot of wind and solar for the cost of these nuclear plants.
TANSTAAFL, there's no One Weird Trick, and something, something clear, simple, and wrong.
My $0.02.
Cheers,
Scott.
Look at Vogtle in Georgia:
The NRC’s decision takes Vogtle Unit 3 “out of the construction reactor oversight program and moves it into the operating reactor oversight process,” the commission said.
Vogtle Unit 4 remains under construction.
Vogtle units 3 and 4 are years behind schedule and billions of dollars over their initial budget. The total cost estimate for the two units is now more than $30 billion.
Major construction on Vogtle began in 2012 with a $14 billion price tag and expected startup dates of 2016 and 2017. A series of contractor delays, a litany of rework, problems with finishing individual tasks on time and the bankruptcy of reactor designer Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC have doubled the project’s costs.
Nuclear has all kinds of problems. It has always been more expensive than promised, even before Westinghouse went under. Plus, there's the perpetual issue of what do you do with the waste?
DW - Fact Check - Is Nuclear Energy Good for the Climate?
The Alta Wind Energy Center in California has 1550 MW installed capacity and cost $2.9B. $1.9M/MW.
Vogtle 3 and 4 each have 1250 MW gross capacity. $12M/MW.
We could buy a lot of wind and solar for the cost of these nuclear plants.
TANSTAAFL, there's no One Weird Trick, and something, something clear, simple, and wrong.
My $0.02.
Cheers,
Scott.