Why are nuclear power plants so expensive to build and operate?

Question

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?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

There is a reason the nuclear power is the safest power generation technology on the planet. It’s because smart people spend a lot of time and energy building them that way.