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given what the economic crisis has done to the prices on steel, concrete and construction labour, the price of a plant started now should be somewhat lower.

Mostly the problem is, however, a supply chain that is not remotely sized to service demand for current nuclear build, and is laughably inadequate for either projected or nessesary build. The world needs a lot more Japan Steel sized forges.

by Thomas on Thu Jan 14th, 2010 at 11:05:15 AM EST
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for all your contributions to this thread/debate. I hope you stick around!

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Thu Jan 14th, 2010 at 12:09:57 PM EST
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given what the economic crisis has done to the prices on steel, concrete and construction labour, the price of a plant started now should be somewhat lower.

Mmmph, I think the construction of a nuclear plant typically spans a business cycle. At any rate, the nicely worded factor of "the impact of technical and regulatory evolutions" will remain wheneverand wherever a third EPR is started.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Thu Jan 14th, 2010 at 03:52:11 PM EST
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