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Um, the one in this very article took 17 years.
by afterburner 5y ago
Um, the one in this very article took 17 years.
- korantu 5y agoThe fact that other countries build reactors en masse in 5 years, tells us it is possible. South Korea is good place to learn from
- bigbugbag 5y agoNot so sure: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30657725 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30657725 Also we already have a similar level of wrongdoings with the French EPRs.
- chelical 5y agoThe process takes much longer due to political issues not technical ones. The ongoing price crunch and energy sanctions have allowed Finland to speed up the process. The same thing happened with vaccine production and COVID. Normally, vaccines take much longer to develop, test, and approve. If we followed your logic, we wouldn't bother with lockdowns since a vaccine could take a decade to develop.
- afterburner 5y agoWhat does a conflict that started two weeks ago have to do with the construction time of a reactor that has taken 17 years to build. You also don't seem to realize the other reason, and the primary reason, to lockdown is to lighten the peak load on hospitals, in response to waves of infection.