The big problem with nuclear driven steam turbines is that they cannot be cheaper than thermal coal driven steam turbines due to costs-- construction, operation and decommissioning. Their LCOE is just not great and not lowering quick enough.
Even thermal coal is getting out priced by solar/wind+ batteries. And the latter will always get cheaper due to economies of scale and learning rate reductions not to mention core technological advances.
Nuclear would have kept us out of the carbon free energy mess decades ago but it's not the answer in 2019.
Even thermal coal is getting out priced by solar/wind+ batteries. And the latter will always get cheaper due to economies of scale and learning rate reductions not to mention core technological advances.
Nuclear would have kept us out of the carbon free energy mess decades ago but it's not the answer in 2019.