$34 billion and 10 years. The performance of Southern Co. & Westinghouse at Vogtle is utterly unacceptable. If it is best the sector can do, nuclear has no future. I think new small modular reactors can do better, but they have to prove it. No one will believe it until we see it.
For those missing conditional statement above: read it again. IF this is the best they can do. Challenge is to build confidence the sector can do better than this. We have examples that build hope from South Korea, China, the UAE. Yet we've seen repeated failure in the West too.
This was fun but now it's done...
Remember, cost isn't value. Nuclear is worth more than wind. But 2.5-3x more? Doubtful today. Perhaps in near 100% carbon-free grids. But we can and should do much better than this!
And since I've upset team nuclear, I'll throw this in for equal measure: Vogtle is still a better deal than New Jersey or Massachusetts ratepayers have been getting for rooftop solar at well over $200/MWh... 🤔
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