Giuliano Giacaglia
@giu
Nuclear seems to be one of the only sources where price is going up instead of down over time. Can prices go down? Do SMRs help with this? https://i.imgur.com/7lCL4kt.png
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Thomas Mattimore
@mattimost.eth
Wonder if it’s because it’s the only energy source with basically 0 supply that ever comes online. Near zero tech investment.
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Austin E
@polk
I think so. Stagnation in Nuclear’s ‘levelized cost of energy’ seems to be largely explained by Wright’s Law (little cumulative capacity growth = little learning) https://ourworldindata.org/cheap-renewables-growth https://i.imgur.com/zOimRfS.jpg
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Jason Badeaux
@jasonbadeaux
Wrights law doesn’t really apply- we construct nukes, not manufacture them. PV / Turbines benefit from Wright because we manufacture them. SMRs are hopefully the critical unlock to bring down the nuke cost curve, but we’re a decade+ away
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