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Is this calculation as simple as: it takes order of 10 years to build a reactor using existing tech, and we don’t have that long left?

• adrianN 7y ago
  With an added "and that is at the current buildout rate, which basically keeps every qualified person busy". 10x-ing the rate at which we build reactors would require training more personnel and (depending on the type of reactor you want to build) 10x-ing things like the huge machines we need to forge pressure vessels.
• imtringued 7y ago
  The problem is that we will need thousands of reactors. 10 years for a single one won't cut it.
  • Beltiras 7y ago
    Thorcon means to retrofit shipyards to mass produce the reactors and service as refueling stations.
• thu2111 7y ago
  That can't be a simple calculation given the tremendous disagreement and controversy over how much time is "left" (until what?)