Comment by mpweiher
5 months ago
"Interesting" unsubstantiated opinions.
And counterfactual, as nuclear is immensely profitable and the world is investing in nuclear.
5 months ago
"Interesting" unsubstantiated opinions.
And counterfactual, as nuclear is immensely profitable and the world is investing in nuclear.
Here’s the source Cour des Comptes report validating that you are incorrect.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45243337
The world also very much is not investing in nuclear power given how it is backsliding as a % of the global energy mix with a huge number of closures looming in the close future with no replacements in sight.
Given this answer I don’t know if you are either trolling or have serious problems with delusions.
I dislike drawing conclusions so I will end this conversion with a question:
If you are not trolling, have you tried seeking help from the mental healthcare system?
Sorry, you are still incorrect.
Nuclear had a record production year in 2024, despite the German exit.
2025 is predicted to be another record year.
There are currently 60+ reactors under construction, 90+ in preparation and 170+ announced/in planning.
The future is nuclear.
Please. Do tell me where I am incorrect. You just keep making unsubstantiated claims about me being "incorrect" and when we go to the sources they contradict you.
Or you are explicitly going on tangents attempting to muddy the water. Nuclear power having a record year in 2025 and me claiming:
> The world also very much is not investing in nuclear power given how it is backsliding as a % of the global energy mix with a huge number of closures looming in the close future with no replacements in sight.
Are both correct statements. I even acknowledge that we have a lot of existing infrastructure while commmenting on the trend line.
That 60+ reactors number also includes several abandoned projects. In 2024 the world managed to complete 6 reactors. So far the number in 2025 is a 1 reactor.
Of course ignoring that this is a debate focused on the west with western construction costs. In which the nuclear construction rate far under the replacement rate.
But you can't deal with reality. When it came to the future you went straight into hypotheticals not backed by firm deals hoping no one noticed.
This is not a sane behaviour, nor commenting in good faith.
Nuclear projects are easy to announce. Maybe we can ask these reactors how it went getting a final investment decision:
France:
EPR2 project, do I need to say more? Stuck in financial limbo due to the insanely large subsidies needed to get it off the ground with a government that just collapsed due to being underwater in debt while having a spending problem and being unable to reign it in.
UK:
- Sizewell C - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sizewell_nuclear_power_stati...)
- Wylfa-Newydd - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wylfa_Newydd_nuclear_power_sta...
- Oldbury B - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldbury_nuclear_power_station#...
- Bradwell B - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradwell_B_nuclear_power_stati...
- Moorside - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorside_nuclear_power_station
US:
- Bellefonte - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellefonte_Nuclear_Plant#Units...
- Bell bend - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Bend_Nuclear_Power_Plant
- Callaway - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callaway_Nuclear_Generating_St...
- Calvert Cliffs - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvert_Cliffs_Nuclear_Power_P...
- Comance Peak - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comanche_Peak_Nuclear_Power_Pl...
- Galena - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galena_Nuclear_Power_Plant
- Grand Gulf - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Gulf_Nuclear_Station#Uni...
- Levy County - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levy_County_Nuclear_Power_Plan...
- Nine Mile Point - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Mile_Point_Nuclear_Genera...
- River Bend - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Bend_Nuclear_Generating_...
- Shearon Harris - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shearon_Harris_Nuclear_Power_P...
- South Texas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Texas_Nuclear_Generating...
- Victoria County - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_County_Station
- Virgil C. Summer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_C._Summer_Nuclear_Gener...
China:
Keeps announcing reactors without starting to build them. China also recently revamped the financing side removing the previous CFD are instead forcing the reactors to compete on market terms which is slowing down investment.
China averages ~4-5 construction starts per year which cumulatively leads to nuclear power shrinking as a part of the electricity mix.
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