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by tkdubs 1472 days ago
The "west" has forgotten how to produce Nuclear.

The two largest countries, USA & France, have built 1 plant each, both for 2-4x the original cost, and are 10-15 years late.

France has cancelled the only other plant, and the USA has done the same, spending $4.6bn to cancel the plant at the 60% mark

Their fleets are now verging on >90% 30 years old, and they are opting to extend the lives rather than build new ones.

On the other hand... China is crushing out plants. It is the only country to be accelerating. China will be a nuclear power IP exporter and potentially the only country that has the knowhow and capability to build these plants.

Speak about it at length here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvOvKno0N3o&t=2160s&ab_chann...