Advice across the board is that nuclear power plants take a really long time and cost a lot of money. They almost always go far over time and budget. And they’re expensive to operate. Why is that so?
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This article gives a pretty thorough run down of where the cost increases have come from
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/11/why-are-nuclear-plants-so-expensive-safetys-only-part-of-the-story/
The basics being safety requiring more complex designs, supporting regulations requiring a lot more record keeping of what materials have been put where, and a failure to standardise designs
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