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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There are a ton of rules and regulations to build a nuclear power plant. Everthing has to be secured by redundant systems because a failure could be very fatal.
All these things cost extra in addition to the components that are also extremely expensive. There are not many companies that build nuclear reactors and so this stuff is pricey.
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