How much does Small Modular nuclear currently cost some ask

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DisobeyTyranny

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This week seems to be dominated by power generation pieces. The announcement in Ontario on Thursday has enormous implications for Saskatchewan, as we’re finally getting a price tag on how much four GE Hitachi BWRX-300 reactors cost. The cost is $20.9 billion, equal to the ENTIRE Saskatchewan 2025 budget. And we’re still very early on in the process, so there’s plenty of time for cost overruns. And we would need four, actually five, to replace our existing coal fleet of 1400 megawatts. The question before Saskatchewan will soon be can we afford nuclear? And if not, do we run coal – even perhaps expand it as our power needs grow?

Ontario greenlights four SMRs identical to the model SaskPower has chosen.

Here’s the verbatim Ontario press release:

Ontario Leads the G7 by Building First Small Modular Reactor
 
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DisobeyTyranny said:
This week seems to be dominated by power generation pieces. The announcement in Ontario on Thursday has enormous implications for Saskatchewan, as we’re finally getting a price tag on how much four GE Hitachi BWRX-300 reactors cost. The cost is $20.9 billion, equal to the ENTIRE Saskatchewan 2025 budget. And we’re still very early on in the process, so there’s plenty of time for cost overruns. And we would need four, actually five, to replace our existing coal fleet of 1400 megawatts. The question before Saskatchewan will soon be can we afford nuclear? And if not, do we run coal – even perhaps expand it as our power needs grow?

Ontario greenlights four SMRs identical to the model SaskPower has chosen.

Here’s the verbatim Ontario press release:

Ontario Leads the G7 by Building First Small Modular Reactor
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DisobeyTyrannyI'd prefer a Canadian reactor for Ontario, maybe Sask should consider switching to oil?
 
That's pretty much on par for nuclear power, sadly. The two new reactors (1.1 GW each) at the Voglte power plant down in the US did cost about $35 billion USD, which is about $45 billion CAD. Or $20.5 billion per GW. Getting 1.4 GW for the same price in Canada would be a small miracle.
 
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