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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
I hope we are more forward looking about this.
A gas plan takes ~4 years to build, and tons of these things are built every year.
Nuclear right now takes 6-8 years on average which is "too long" I guess, but some people are pulling it off a lot faster:
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That's just not true for nuclear here. Only 2 nukes have been built in North America since the 90's and one took 40+ years and the other was 14 years.
There's definitely reason to think that could change and the 7th or 8th iteration of the same design could maybe get there, but showing a graph comparing units built in China or in the 1970's with today is really inaccurate.
If we want nuclear, and we're serious, it'll need to be government led, have a multitude of plants built, and all will absolutely have to be the exact same design and construction outfit. Otherwise it simply ain't happening