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Und hier noch eine Nachricht für die Freunde der gut abgehangenen Kernenergie und ihre Hoffnung auf neue Technologien, die angeblich so sicher und unschlagbar billig seien...

Uuups:


"NuScale announced Wednesday it’ll quit a U.S. Department of Energy project of building a carbon-free power plant with its reactors.
NuScale, the only company whose small modular reactor design has earned certification from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, entered an agreement in 2015 between the Department of Energy and the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems. ...

...The project’s collapse was precipitated by rising interest rates and inflationary pressures “that have not been seen for more than 40 years,” according to NuScale. Inflation caused the prices of several component parts to increase by as much as 106% in some cases.


As a result, the project’s cost had increased 75%, to $9.3 billion, and the cost of power had gone up by 50%. Some communities also pulled out of commitments to buy power from the new reactors, which are set to go operational in 2030."

https://www.opb.org/article/2023/11/...-cancellation/