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Most of the recent construction of large nuclear plants is in China, and they're actually doing quite well at building them on time. The ones that are super lat
by pjscott 5y ago
Most of the recent construction of large nuclear plants is in China, and they're actually doing quite well at building them on time. The ones that are super late and over budget are the exception worldwide; they just make the news more often.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_reactors#China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_rea...
- orwin 5y agoNuclear plants in SK are on time as well, which is quite impressive since they did not have as much training. I guess just having a good plan is enough.
- bobthepanda 5y agoAt the same time, SK also has a similar problem as Japan with overly cosy relations between business and regulators, which is part of what happened to the lapses at TEPCO in 2011. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-nuclear-report/japans-atomic-disaster-due-to-collusion-panel-report-idUSBRE8640K420120705 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-nuclear-report/japa... Here's a recent journal article on Korean regulators: https://academic.oup.com/jwelb/article/13/1/47/5837954#204517734 https://academic.oup.com/jwelb/article/13/1/47/5837954#20451...