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> This is partly why the big new build AP1000s in Georgia are behind schedule. "partly" seems like it's doing a lot of work in this sentence.

• acidburnNSA 5y ago
  Not really, if you talk about aircraft impact only. https://www.ans.org/news/article-1646/root-cause-of-vogtle-and-vc-summer-delays/ https://www.ans.org/news/article-1646/root-cause-of-vogtle-a... Hostile military airstrikes are another thing entirely, that's true. See edit above.
  • ncmncm 5y ago
    "Partly" because the more substantial problem is garden-variety corruption, a problem for all big reactor projects in the US.
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    • acidburnNSA 5y ago
      I think it's just garden-variety megaproject contracting and supply chain issues mostly. https://assets.sourcemedia.com/8c/d8/6686933e49518782cdc7cc1b577f/bechtel-report-on-v.C.%20Summer%20nuclear%20project%20020516.pdf https://assets.sourcemedia.com/8c/d8/6686933e49518782cdc7cc1...
      • ncmncm 5y ago
        Corruption is paid out of multiple accounts.