Talk:Russian floating nuclear power station

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[edit] Millions?

Is it correct English to say 336 millions wouldn't "million" be more correct? I know that's how I would say it in Canada.--TecTec 00:49, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

It's archaic but allowed Furius 04:29, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Talk about a money maker! 336 million for 70MW for 40ish years! Thats about 1 cent per kilowatt hour.--Dacium 04:36, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Only if you ignore the costs for the crew, maintenance, mining and refining the nuclear fuel, processing and storing of the waste products... DevSolar 06:03, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

336 million $ / 70 MW = 4,600 $/kW installed generation. New nuclear plants are expected to cost about 1,200 $/kW installed power. If you think the costs of crew, maintenance, and fuel cycle costs are huge, you should see the interest you have to pay on millions of dollars investment over 40 years. Nonetheless, for a small electric generation station it could be fairly competitive. theanphibian 21:46, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

I have seen estimates for new plants from $1 to $3/watt. This floating reactors could be built to inventory so one might have immediate delivery, or at least a more predictable delivery time that custom built. Decommissioning by towing away. Loaner plants in case of major breakdown. The concept could work. Paul Studier 07:07, 22 August 2007 (UTC)