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Stefan Marxmeier's avatar

Whenever I read about how other industries are working I am left in awe of how much nuclear is still in its infancy with regards to all the obvious efficiency gains that we still have to get. Really shamefull for a 60 year old industry, but no wonder with all the incentives making all the innovation go into coming up with more integrit paperwork instead of delivering a competetive product.

I feel with the tanker an oil spill is a more accurate analogy since it is the effect on the public not the operator that is the main concern and the proposed system of underwriter insurance is reasonably close to how maritime insurance aligns incentives for their industry

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Max More's avatar

If shipbuilding was run by government (directly or through heavy regulation as you lay out), the Spec handbooks would consist of 190,000 pages and ships would take 20 years to build and cost a trillion dollars.

The info you provided on how building happens is fascinating. It's impressive. It reminds me of reading the details of how semiconductor factories work. They have to go to much greater extremes.

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