Rachel Slaybaugh

Things are more expensive here.

And this is true largely also in Western Europe where...

We're just not very good at building megaprojects of any kind.

The Bay Bridge was triple budget, triple schedule.

If you add radiation, that doesn't make it any better.

And there are other...

countries that are actually good at megaprojects.

And a lot of that has to do with vertical integration of the construction companies.

They don't have subcontractors.

They have complete designs before they start building things.

They build the same thing over and over again the same way, whereas we have subcontractors who are suing each other while the project is going on.

And it's not only their projects can be more cost-effective because they're better at building megaprojects.

They also have

a government with a much clearer top-down mandate that just funds the things they want to happen.

So basically anywhere that you would put a diesel generator is where you would use a microreactor.

I see.

And most of those locations are just like not that easy to get to.

The logistics of diesel fuel are complicated.

Yeah.

Diesel generators are smelly and they make a lot of local air pollution and they're loud.