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Attempting to bring clarity to the nuclear problems facing Japan
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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Timmerman" data-source="post: 24183" data-attributes="member: 172"><p>Re: Attempting to bring clarity to the nuclear problems facing Japan</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The big problem with small nuclear is that the economics haven't made sense. When you have huge regulatory costs that are typically on a per-project basis, there's a large incentive to build big plants that will recoup the fixed costs more quickly.</p><p></p><p>I agree that smaller generating stations improve things (grid stability and transmission line capacity come to mind), but in the current regulatory climate, they don't make sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rob Timmerman, post: 24183, member: 172"] Re: Attempting to bring clarity to the nuclear problems facing Japan The big problem with small nuclear is that the economics haven't made sense. When you have huge regulatory costs that are typically on a per-project basis, there's a large incentive to build big plants that will recoup the fixed costs more quickly. I agree that smaller generating stations improve things (grid stability and transmission line capacity come to mind), but in the current regulatory climate, they don't make sense. [/QUOTE]
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