How We Screwed Up Nuclear Power

[Marlin]

How We Screwed Up Nuclear Power


https://reason.com/archives/2018/04/12/how-we-screwed-up-nuclear-powe

[TVA]

So complying with the law is screwing it up?

[PostShiftSupLife]

So complying with the law is screwing it up?

I think the author's point is that the laws (excessive regulation) screwed it up. "We" as in the country (politicians).

[61nomad]

The author of the article gives the example of Oyster Creek costing $594M in 1969 and Watts Barr costing $7B and blaming that on regulations.  Using http://www.usinflationcalculator.com, you can see that $594M in 1969 equals $3.88B in 2016.  It still costs more because of regulations, but you can blame TMI originally, then Chernobyl, and now Fukushima for what regs we have now.

[Marlin]

The author of the article gives the example of Oyster Creek costing $594M in 1969 and Watts Barr costing $7B and blaming that on regulations.  Using http://www.usinflationcalculator.com, you can see that $594M in 1969 equals $3.88B in 2016.  It still costs more because of regulations, but you can blame TMI originally, then Chernobyl, and now Fukushima for what regs we have now.

It cost $594 million (in 2017 dollars) and took four years to build.

[TVA]

Mismanagement is why WBN was so expensive

[SloGlo]

Mismanagement is why WBN was so expensive

miss management ain't limited two utility personnel, as regulators can all sew bee considered in the melange.