Historical construction costs of global nuclear power reactors

For the last decade in nuclear, it’s been in vogue to make comparisons to SpaceX. It’s understandable why: In 2008, launch services were a stilted industry, funded almost entirely by governments and dominated by massive companies operating under cost-plus contracts. In short order, they were disrupted by an upstart, leading to radical price cuts and performance improvements. Who wouldn’t want to replicate that in the nuclear industry?

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If billions are being invested to power submarines not homes, the public deserves to know.

Radical optionality is about preserving democratic governments’ ability to make good decisions about how to govern transformative AI systems as circumstances evolve.

France built 37 nuclear reactors in ten years. To do this required making sure local communities shared in the benefits of atomic power.