First American nuclear plant built in decades begins operation in Georgia

[CitizenVectron]

The first US nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia

APNEWS.COM

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Georgia Power Co. announced that Unit 3 at Plant Vogtle, southeast of Augusta, has completed testing and is now sending power to the grid reliably. $31 billion.

 

Great news!

[Brian]

Unit 4 should come online in Q1’24. 

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

$31B lolololol how is that shit going to make any money?

 

(not that the power grid should be run entirely on a for profit basis mind you…)

[TUFKAK]

2 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

$31B lolololol how is that shit going to make any money?

 

(not that the power grid should be run entirely on a for profit basis kind you…)

Face yoda

 

That is why you fail 

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

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The third and fourth reactors were originally supposed to cost $14 billion, but are now on track to cost their owners $31 billion. That doesn’t include $3.7 billion that original contractor Westinghouse paid to the owners to walk away from the project. That brings total spending to almost $35 billion.

The third reactor was supposed to start generating power in 2016 when construction began in 2009.

This country absolutely fails at doing anything. Over time, over budget, no matter what the project

[TwinIon]

While I want to cheer advances in nuclear energy, this project is probably a detriment to future developments more than anything. $17B over budget, raising rates to record highs with more rate increases to come, and it took forever to build.

[Mr.Vic20]

10 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

This country absolutely fails at doing anything. Over time, over budget, no matter what the project

Hey now, my project is on time and on budget! 

[TUFKAK]

3 minutes ago, TwinIon said:

While I want to cheer advances in nuclear energy, this project is probably a detriment to future developments more than anything. $17B over budget, raising rates to record highs with more rate increases to come, and it took forever to build.

Real old tv show Jericho comes to mind

 

Its not a country it’s a corporation.

[mclumber1]

Too much red tape with nuclear power in the United States.  We need to decrease regs and make licensing easier for nuke plants if we want to seriously lower carbon emissions in the US.

[Massdriver]

I believe that we will see more success with smaller modular projects in the future. It's still a learning process.

[DarkStar189]

2 hours ago, TUFKAK said:

Real old tv show Jericho comes to mind

 

Its not a country it’s a corporation.

I loved the first season of that show.  

[Air_Delivery]

Can someone ELI5 why we could build things in the past but suck at it now?

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

3 hours ago, Mr.Vic20 said:

Hey now, my project is on time and on budget! 

Grift harder next time you’re missing out

[silentbob]

1 hour ago, Massdriver said:

I believe that we will see more success with smaller modular projects in the future. It's still a learning process.

 

[Jwheel86]

2 hours ago, Air_Delivery said:

Can someone ELI5 why we could build things in the past but suck at it now?

 

My guess is the industrial base to build them shrank since we stopped building them. 

[Nokra]

3 hours ago, Air_Delivery said:

Can someone ELI5 why we could build things in the past but suck at it now?

Obama took office in 2009, so you can thank him. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[outsida]

10 hours ago, mclumber1 said:

Too much red tape with nuclear power in the United States.  We need to decrease regs and make licensing easier for nuke plants if we want to seriously lower carbon emissions in the US.

This. Look at France, they’re at 56 grams of co2/kWh while the US is at 400