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Post by cyrilr on Apr 19, 2023 8:28:03 GMT 9.5
… the Chinese EPRs are just as complex … Nope. The Chinese EPRs might be called EPR1 design, modified to have additional, expensive safety features for the Finland EPR, call it EPR2. Then further modified for the EPR under construction in France, say EPR3. The French engineers say it is too complex and have designed what I’ll call EPR4 for further construction, if any. Please provide engineer source for this. I’m a nuclear engineer and these designs look nearly identical to me. In fact I have difficulty finding where all the money goes. If you could provide a breakdown of costs better than “nope” I would be much obliged.
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Post by David B. Benson on Apr 19, 2023 9:06:35 GMT 9.5
Cyrilr, perhaps the Wikipedia page en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPR_(nuclear_reactor)suffices to explain at least some of the differences in the design of the various EPR units. For example, the Chinese pair doesn’t have protection against airplane crashes, added for the european versions. For more I fear you will have to sift through all the announcements over all these many years.
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Post by cyrilr on Apr 19, 2023 14:41:10 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Apr 20, 2023 12:09:21 GMT 9.5
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Post by cyrilr on Apr 20, 2023 20:29:31 GMT 9.5
Yeah, basically the investors are getting rich on high interest rates on the money they borrow. Which means they stand to gain on cost overruns and delays - them being at the receiving end of those cost overruns. Ditto for contractors - more re work Means more money for them. And even the regulator gets paid by the hour so they also benefit from delays. A pervese situation. Capitalism has failed nuclear new builds in the West.
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Post by David B. Benson on Apr 27, 2023 5:30:57 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Apr 29, 2023 0:57:13 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on May 1, 2023 7:11:40 GMT 9.5
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Post by thinkstoomuch on May 1, 2023 20:41:48 GMT 9.5
What exactly are you referring to about "going negative"?
Yesterday they were exporting over 6 GW for hours.
Curtailment already curtailed 1.2 TWH for the year as of Saturday. 2.5 TWH for 2022. Curtailment numbers for yesterday will not be available for the day until later.
T2M
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Post by cyrilr on May 2, 2023 20:59:55 GMT 9.5
I keep getting back to this “wowsers” graph: ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-primary-energyNo sign of energy demand slowing. Only positive thing I can find requires zooming in a lot, showing that coal is levelling out. Everything else keeps on growing. Even more worrisome: there have been several energy “transitions” already: 1. Biomass to coal 2. Coal to oil 3. Oil to gas 4. Gas to nuclear 5 nuclear to wind and solar EXCEPT: these were not “transitions” - they were ADDITIONS. Coal didn’t stop us from using biomass - we use more of it. Oil didn’t stop coal - we use more of it. Etc etc. Every time there has been a new energy source, we kept using the old ones, indeed more of them. Why would this renewables “transition” be any different?
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Post by David B. Benson on May 5, 2023 10:52:40 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on May 19, 2023 11:37:45 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on May 26, 2023 1:58:17 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Jun 20, 2023 6:00:16 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Jun 27, 2023 3:48:18 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Aug 6, 2023 3:12:58 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Aug 8, 2023 2:35:08 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Sept 1, 2023 8:23:53 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Nov 25, 2023 0:45:09 GMT 9.5
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Post by David B. Benson on Dec 16, 2023 4:18:05 GMT 9.5
California Regulators Vote to Keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Open Another Five Years Darrell Proctor 2023 Dec 15 POWERMagazine www.powermag.com/california-regulators-vote-to-keep-diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-open-another-five-years/It’s a power station, consisting of two plants, both of which are now to be kept open. Of course FOE, whom I call ‘Fiends of the Earth’, opposed it, since opposition to nuclear power was the reason for forming the organization. Diablo Canyon provides about 10% of California’s electricity and it is unlikely that other sources of generation will cover that portion of the load in just ‘another 5 years’. So why can't the regulators bite-the-bullet?
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Post by David B. Benson on Jan 4, 2024 4:09:16 GMT 9.5
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