The biggest nuclear power plant in the US is now open

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  • Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
  • Despite resurgent interest in nuclear power and the Vogtle plant opening in Georgia, the US can expect only minor reactor upgrades in the years ahead. Will Wade reports.
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  • @paulstone3590
    @paulstone3590 3 місяці тому +11

    It's good for the environment in the long run. Less hydrocarbons in the atmosphere.

  • @lastChang
    @lastChang 3 місяці тому +6

    China 🇨🇳 built the biggest coal plants on earth last year.
    It built 70 GW of new coal-power capacity last year, almost 20 times the rest of the world's 3.7 GW combined.

  • @morlockthemeek
    @morlockthemeek 3 місяці тому +2

    There may be hope for us yet.

  • @mach1nefan
    @mach1nefan 3 місяці тому +2

    Just as a heads-up, your video is only uploaded as a Short when it’s less than a minute

  • @NickHulse
    @NickHulse 3 місяці тому +4

    Very exciting to see the US put new reactors online. May be over budget but, these reactors are expected to last over 100 years. In the long run future generations will thank us.

    • @hoodooman58
      @hoodooman58 3 місяці тому

      A lot of wishful thinking on nuclear power….the sad reality is sobering. I was QC at short lived San Onofre…….

  • @danjohnston9037
    @danjohnston9037 3 місяці тому +1

    So are you advocating small thorium reactors ?

  • @anonobot3333
    @anonobot3333 2 місяці тому

    if they built more ap1000's, they'd be cheaper.

  • @dsamh
    @dsamh 3 місяці тому +3

    Pretty sure AI already decided it wants nuclear energy. So...

  • @doomslayerforever2858
    @doomslayerforever2858 3 місяці тому

    amazing

  • @frankcoffey
    @frankcoffey 3 місяці тому +3

    Power plants are expensive and don’t produce any electricity until you have finished it. The operation cost is also higher than expected and will continue to rise. I think solar and wind (with storage) are cheaper and can produce electricity right away even before the entire project is finished. Resilience is better also, if a few panels are bad you don’t have to shut down the entire project and stop producing just to fix them.

    • @filipporiva1864
      @filipporiva1864 3 місяці тому +2

      But they lack capacity factors and the costs of a fully renewable system plus storage will cost more than a mix including some nuclear. You need a stable base load and renewables for peaks. Sure it may take a while to build one, but once it’s built il will out produce renewables in terms of same installed capacity and will last 80+

    • @junielesparas8018
      @junielesparas8018 3 місяці тому +2

      True solar and wind can't make electricity when there's winter 😂😂😂

    • @frankcoffey
      @frankcoffey 3 місяці тому

      @@junielesparas8018 In Texas it was the natural gas equipment that couldn’t handle the cold, over 100 people died in that fiasco. Solar and wind were still working.

    • @jacobsukovaty520
      @jacobsukovaty520 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@frankcoffey one lasts for decades the other lasts for at best 5 years I'll take a nuclear power plant over solar or wind anyday not to mention nuclear takes up significantly less room than any solar farm or wind farm

    • @frankcoffey
      @frankcoffey 2 місяці тому

      @@jacobsukovaty520 There is room around the nuke plant that can't be used because nobody wants to live there. There are also places you can put solar and wind you can't put a plant of any kind.

  • @loveline7305
    @loveline7305 3 місяці тому +3

    This will lead to more jobs and more importantly, more government spending

  • @eijazwalid4107
    @eijazwalid4107 3 місяці тому +1

    ☺️

  • @Gloverment
    @Gloverment 2 місяці тому

    ☺️❤️

  • @vijjreddy
    @vijjreddy 3 місяці тому

    WELL, NO COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WOULD DARE TO PUT A PLANT IN USA AFTER SEEING HOW A MIGHT COMPANY LIKE TOSHIBA WENT BANKRUPT WITH JUST ONE PLANT....

  • @Tom-ym7bm
    @Tom-ym7bm 3 місяці тому

    Today I will remember the ultimate power is God. I will be grateful. For even the earth will continue to revolve without any help from me.
    I am free to live my own life, safe in the knowledge that a Higher Power is taking care of the world, my loved ones, & myself
    💟💟💟
    🆕🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿
    More important! One plants one waters God grows

    • @Tom-ym7bm
      @Tom-ym7bm 3 місяці тому

      We all can do better 🌱🕊

  • @bukovinian
    @bukovinian 3 місяці тому

    All the regulations will cost time and money, don’t think more will build, in US, but other countries are building because it makes sense.

  • @scdhl4
    @scdhl4 3 місяці тому +2

    Remember Fuk-us-hi-ma?

    • @filipporiva1864
      @filipporiva1864 3 місяці тому +4

      Yeah, I remember the earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands, while the nuclear accident killed zero

    • @doomslayerforever2858
      @doomslayerforever2858 3 місяці тому

      nope

    • @scdhl4
      @scdhl4 3 місяці тому

      @@doomslayerforever2858 On 11 March 2011, the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station (FDNPS) suffered major damage after the magnitude 9.0 great east-Japan earthquake and subsequent tsunami. It was the largest civilian nuclear accident since the Chernobyl accident in 1986.
      Seems like a lot of people are not aware of the associated dangers of nuclear power stations.
      Hope that helps.

    • @scdhl4
      @scdhl4 3 місяці тому

      @@filipporiva1864 really?
      You'd better go back and re-evaluate your ridiculous comment.

    • @filipporiva1864
      @filipporiva1864 3 місяці тому +3

      @@scdhl4 on what basis? There are no confirmed deaths due to the Fukushima accident from any international agency. Maybe you should reevaluate your knowledge of the accident

  • @Silvergambit
    @Silvergambit 3 місяці тому +1

    When you have to get an inspection before you drill a hole in block. Then get another inspection after you drill, then another inspection after you install the anchor. It goes out of budget real quick.

    • @danjohnston9037
      @danjohnston9037 3 місяці тому

      And what would be the cost if the anchor don't hold ?
      Pretend That YOU Have To Live Next To The Thing

    • @Silvergambit
      @Silvergambit 3 місяці тому

      @danjohnston9037 never said it wasn't needed. Stop acting like a female and assuming things. Not too mention, if for example an electrician runs more than 50' of conduit a day, they're told they'll be fired or "laid off". It's government money which Incentivizes wasteful spending and laziness.

    • @danjohnston9037
      @danjohnston9037 3 місяці тому +1

      @@Silvergambit The idea appears to be
      " Slow & Safe ".
      Not Fast, Cheap & Risk Tolerant.
      Cry About The Cash While We Live Fallout-Free

    • @Silvergambit
      @Silvergambit 3 місяці тому

      ​@@danjohnston9037you probably tell your kids they did great and deserve trophies when they strikeout every at bat

    • @danjohnston9037
      @danjohnston9037 3 місяці тому

      @@Silvergambit No, but that seems to be what you are asking for. You are that one who complains about meeting the contract terms. Don't Bid Anymore