ChemE consultant Paul Martin has some great explainers on energy transition issues.
E.g. economics of vertical and horizontal scaling of industrial plants:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/economy-vertical-scale-paul-martin
tl;dr scale up vertically for x^0.6 cost scaling (within limits). Scale horizontally for x^0.9 cost scaling.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/horizontal-scale-numbering-up-paul-martin
He applies the principles to explain why Small Modular nukes are basically a scam.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/scaling-examples-pt-1-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-smnrs-martin/
@ThatcherUlrich There are many problems with fission power plants. One of the bigger ones is that they are so big and therefore slow to build that regulations often change during their construction, forcing rework. I don't think the cost of increased quantities of materials etc. would outweigh avoiding that
@tormeh see if you find the article convincing.
Re long build latency, it could also point toward not developing new SMNR designs (which is taking forever) and instead repeating previous builds