All I read about are nuclear reactors getting more and more expensive to where they aren’t even feasible when they are completed. Why would these escape that?
> Among the surprising findings in the study, which covered 50 years of U.S. nuclear power plant construction data, was that, contrary to expectations, building subsequent plants based on an existing design actually costs more, not less, than building the initial plant.
The regulations changed a loonoverleg that time period as the tech evolved, so old designed needed expensive modifications and recertifications to meet new standards which would often get released during construction.
Being able to build modular reactors in a factory would change that.
> Among the surprising findings in the study, which covered 50 years of U.S. nuclear power plant construction data, was that, contrary to expectations, building subsequent plants based on an existing design actually costs more, not less, than building the initial plant.