> If someone ordered ten of them, they would be much less expensive.
There's only a single "someone" who could put in a $150B order for electricity generation, but they also take the stance that they won't ever do that, since they are not in the business of picking winners and losers. That is, of course, the US government, and they do pick winners and losers all the time through tax policy, and they did incentivize nuclear quite a bit in the IRA. Still not enough.
Someone did order 4 such reactors a week ago [1]. It was China, and it was not AP1000, but Hualong One [2], a design that evolved from an indigenous design and a French reactor. China build 3 such reactors locally and 2 in Pakistan. 11 are under construction, not counting the 4 just ordered.
There's only a single "someone" who could put in a $150B order for electricity generation, but they also take the stance that they won't ever do that, since they are not in the business of picking winners and losers. That is, of course, the US government, and they do pick winners and losers all the time through tax policy, and they did incentivize nuclear quite a bit in the IRA. Still not enough.