> However, the capital costs & construction time for Fusion Energy should theoretically be much lower than nuclear reactors.
Maybe then current Gen3+ reactors.
But there is no way they will win economically against GenIV Fission reactors. That are already solving most of the issues with Gen3+ reactors.
They already are much smaller, and therefore much lower CapX. Fuel cost are even cheaper because of better utilization of the fuel. Modern plants operating cost are also less because they are even more automated and need to be refueled less.
There is no practical way fusion can compete in my opinion.
Maybe then current Gen3+ reactors.
But there is no way they will win economically against GenIV Fission reactors. That are already solving most of the issues with Gen3+ reactors.
They already are much smaller, and therefore much lower CapX. Fuel cost are even cheaper because of better utilization of the fuel. Modern plants operating cost are also less because they are even more automated and need to be refueled less.
There is no practical way fusion can compete in my opinion.