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Nuclear is an option but it's not a fast option. The newest reactor designs from Westinghouse and EPR have taken 9 years at the fastest to complete in China and
by sct202 4y ago
Nuclear is an option but it's not a fast option. The newest reactor designs from Westinghouse and EPR have taken 9 years at the fastest to complete in China and much longer everywhere else. You can say the regulations or NIMBYs are slowing down construction, but those aren't an issue in China.
- ouid 4y agoI know that China has a rampant corruption problem, and very poor safety track records, but Westinghouse's reputation is very much on the line here, and not even China can afford to invoke the stigma of a nuclear accident. You can't deny a meltdown the way that you can deny, say, a virus leaked from a lab.