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[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -4 points 2 months ago

building nuclear takes decades

regulatory: 3-5 years

site prep and build: 3-5 years

stocking, staffing, startup: 1-2 years

If we rush the regulatory, it's then 4-7 years; or not even one decade.

I'm not saying it's overnight, but it's not 'decades'.

[-] VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago

Rushing regulatory for a construction project where failures are as severe as they can potentially be with nuclear is beyond deranged.

Getting to the timelines you're mentioning would require a mature nuclear industry with standardized builds, something which would take more than a decade to develop, at a steep premium.

Again, I support any investor willing to go there to do so, but there's a good reason none do - these things quite simply do not pencil out.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

SMRs take a few years, and a fraction of the price, which is why China is building them and already has one on line.

[-] dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 0 points 2 months ago

Where's a real world example of a nuclear plant being built in just 4 years? In the US it's more like 10 years, at least.

No one's building them because they're barely profitable even after they're up and running for many years.

[-] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Why is profitability a requirement for infrastructure? Is mass-transit profitable? Is air travel profitable? Are highways profitable? Are suburbs profitable? Why is that even a concern? Would coal or gas plants be profitable? Hell, are solar panels actually profitable? I'm not so sure.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Where’s a real world example of a nuclear plant being built in just 4 years?

Chinese SMR.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/china-start-commercial-operation-first-small-modular-nuclear-reactor-2026-2025-12-11/

Ontario is building 4 SMRs, the first will be operational in 2028.

This thread is like US nuclear, 40 years behind.

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Where’s a real world example of a nuclear plant being built in just 4 years?

39 months for Unit 6 of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Japan

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