malte on Nostr: The Messmer plan seems like a good example of how difficult and inflexible planning ...

The Messmer plan seems like a good example of how difficult and inflexible planning for nuclear is. You mention it is as a benchmark of how nuclear should be built. After the massive investments, they were producing much less electricity than promised - with a capacity factor of around 60% in 1988. Today, about half of all reactors are offline. Again, the overall pattern is overambitious theories and under-performance in practice. kjaerulv (npub1svt…sjka) Poul-Henning Kamp (npub132n…34zs)