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cyberaxlast Tuesday at 9:41 AM2 repliesview on HN

So $235 million for 162MW, or $2.35B for 1.6GW

A 1.6GWe nuclear reactor is around $8B.


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masklinnlast Tuesday at 10:07 AM

These are… completely unrelated ratings?

The heat pump generates 162MWt, at the cost of around 50MWe.

The nuclear reactor produces 1.6GWe alongside 4.5GWt.

Furthermore the listed costs are also unrelated: the 235 millions are for the bare units (and an estimate for something a few years out), while the 8bn are turnkey (of what exactly I’m not sure: the beleaguered Olkiluoto 3 and flamanville 3 cost 11~12bn, while Taishan is estimated at under 8 for two reactors).

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pjc50last Tuesday at 9:55 AM

.. those are somewhat unrelated things, though?

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