Why is profitability a requirement for infrastructure? Is mass-transit profitable? Is air travel profitable? Are highways profitable? Are suburbs profitable? Why is that even a concern? Would coal or gas plants be profitable?
Hell, are solar panels actually profitable? I’m not so sure.
Where’s a real world example of a nuclear plant being built in just 4 years? In the US it’s more like 10 years, at least.
No one’s building them because they’re barely profitable even after they’re up and running for many years.
France https://www.ans.org/news/article-7625/flamanville3-reaches-full-power/
Chinese SMR.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/china-start-commercial-operation-first-small-modular-nuclear-reactor-2026-2025-12-11/
Ontario is building 4 SMRs, the first will be operational in 2028.
This thread is like US nuclear, 40 years behind.
Why is profitability a requirement for infrastructure? Is mass-transit profitable? Is air travel profitable? Are highways profitable? Are suburbs profitable? Why is that even a concern? Would coal or gas plants be profitable? Hell, are solar panels actually profitable? I’m not so sure.
39 months for Unit 6 of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Japan