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rtkwe • yesterday at 4:32 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

That's also true, partially driven by a lot of hurdles and time spent fighting for approval due to the anti-nuclear push due to the things I mentioned, but it is also just expensive to build in the US because our labor and land is pretty expensive too.


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triceratops • yesterday at 5:45 PM

Is there a study that pinpoints which nuclear regulations are unnecessary and how much they add to the LCoE of a nuke plant?

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BobaFloutist • yesterday at 5:33 PM

I mean concrete is also just really expensive. A lot of the cost is labor, yes, but still.