It's funny because the technical crowd should be best situated to understand the incredible tech curves of solar, wind, and storage, as they have experienced the advancement of computer tech. However, for other technical fields, such as civil engineering, they are not used to dramatic cost drops.
Nuclear has a surprising negative learning curve. This is obvious when comparing different reactor designs over time, with ever increasing costs. But the more surprising finding is that building the same reactor multiple times get more expensive, not less. This is true even during France's successful build in the 1970s, so regulatory changes can't be the sole reason for increasing costs:
Nuclear has a surprising negative learning curve. This is obvious when comparing different reactor designs over time, with ever increasing costs. But the more surprising finding is that building the same reactor multiple times get more expensive, not less. This is true even during France's successful build in the 1970s, so regulatory changes can't be the sole reason for increasing costs:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03014...