Those numbers are completely meaningless without comparison to how long it takes to get approval for other power plants. I could not find definite answers but t

Those numbers are completely meaningless without comparison to how long it takes to get approval for other power plants. I could not find definite answers but this report [1] for Australia says it can take up to 15 years between original prospecting and operation of a windfarm. I found another source that said it takes on average 3.1 years for approval in Sweden (it was not clear if that applied to windfarm only). Several other sources talk about multi year time frames as well. Considering the comparable impact of nuclear vs e.g. wind 4 years is quite short. Also this also disproves that nuclear is 3xpensive because of regulation, other energy sources face similar regulation delays. [1] https://www.nwfc.gov.au/observations-and-recommendations/chapter-4-planning-permits https://www.nwfc.gov.au/observations-and-recommendations/cha...