<story><title>Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/macron-says-france-will-build-more-nuclear-energy-reactors-2021-11-09/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>1cvmask</author><text>The Chinese have committed to building over 150 new nuclear reactors. The British government will subsidize Rolls Royce. Japan will reactivate over 30 nuclear reactors.&lt;p&gt;It seems this is the biggest energy story of the year. The comeback of nuclear energy.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;smallcaps.com.au&amp;#x2F;china-supercharge-uranium-race-150-new-nuclear-reactors&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;smallcaps.com.au&amp;#x2F;china-supercharge-uranium-race-150-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The HN discussion on the China story:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=29151741&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=29151741&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Japan reactivating nuclear reactors:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mainichi.jp&amp;#x2F;english&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;20210501&amp;#x2F;p2a&amp;#x2F;00m&amp;#x2F;0op&amp;#x2F;007000c&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mainichi.jp&amp;#x2F;english&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;20210501&amp;#x2F;p2a&amp;#x2F;00m&amp;#x2F;0op&amp;#x2F;00...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;UK. Rolls-Royce gets funding to develop mini nuclear reactors:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;business-59212983&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;business-59212983&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>toomuchtodo</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s not a comeback until you push the first kwh to the grid for the price you said you&amp;#x27;d build the new generator for. Japan turning back on mothballed reactors is a Big Deal (and a quick win for avoiding CO2 emissions), but getting new reactors built in less than a decade or for less than billons of dollars is where the proof lies. Talk and promises are cheap, action has a cost and can&amp;#x27;t be faked.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.lazard.com&amp;#x2F;perspective&amp;#x2F;levelized-cost-of-energy-levelized-cost-of-storage-and-levelized-cost-of-hydrogen&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.lazard.com&amp;#x2F;perspective&amp;#x2F;levelized-cost-of-energy-...&lt;/a&gt; (Lazard’s latest annual Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis (LCOE 15.0) shows the continued cost-competitiveness of certain renewable energy technologies on a subsidized basis and the marginal cost of coal, nuclear and combined cycle gas generation.)</text></comment>
<story><title>Macron says France will build new nuclear energy reactors</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/macron-says-france-will-build-more-nuclear-energy-reactors-2021-11-09/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>1cvmask</author><text>The Chinese have committed to building over 150 new nuclear reactors. The British government will subsidize Rolls Royce. Japan will reactivate over 30 nuclear reactors.&lt;p&gt;It seems this is the biggest energy story of the year. The comeback of nuclear energy.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;smallcaps.com.au&amp;#x2F;china-supercharge-uranium-race-150-new-nuclear-reactors&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;smallcaps.com.au&amp;#x2F;china-supercharge-uranium-race-150-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The HN discussion on the China story:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=29151741&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=29151741&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Japan reactivating nuclear reactors:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mainichi.jp&amp;#x2F;english&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;20210501&amp;#x2F;p2a&amp;#x2F;00m&amp;#x2F;0op&amp;#x2F;007000c&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mainichi.jp&amp;#x2F;english&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;20210501&amp;#x2F;p2a&amp;#x2F;00m&amp;#x2F;0op&amp;#x2F;00...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;UK. Rolls-Royce gets funding to develop mini nuclear reactors:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;business-59212983&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;business-59212983&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Gwypaas</author><text>That announcement of 150 reactors in China is no real change to the long term plans either. Still simply keeping the option barely open which is very sensible to do when you&amp;#x27;re such a huge economy, even if it comes from subsidies.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;In 2019, China had a new target of 200 GWe of nuclear generating capacity by 2035, which is 7.7% out of predicted total electricity generating capacity of 2600 GWe.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Nuclear_power_in_China&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Nuclear_power_in_China&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;So with about 50 GWe from 50 reactors today adding another 150 gives you the same goal of about 200 GWe. Unless we&amp;#x27;re talking SMRs because then the goal just got reduced to a fraction of the original.</text></comment>