Comment on Fact checking of claims about nuclear power projectsparentComments−throw0101d2yI have the impression that in China is not so difficult to build nuclear power plants.Up until the mid-00s Japan was building quite a few plants as well, and they took about 4-5 years from breaking ground to commercial operation:* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_rea...Turns out that nuclear plants are like any manufactured widget: building at scale gets costs and time down once you have the workflow down and supply chain stood up.The "trick" is settling on one standard design and just turning the crank.
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Up until the mid-00s Japan was building quite a few plants as well, and they took about 4-5 years from breaking ground to commercial operation:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_rea...
Turns out that nuclear plants are like any manufactured widget: building at scale gets costs and time down once you have the workflow down and supply chain stood up.
The "trick" is settling on one standard design and just turning the crank.