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Rosatom builds faster than South Korea, which takes 9 years to build a reactor [0]. For example, the reactor in Belarus was built in 8 years[1]. The first react

by gdy 4y ago

Rosatom builds faster than South Korea, which takes 9 years to build a reactor [0]. For example, the reactor in Belarus was built in 8 years[1]. The first reactor at the Akkuyu site in Turkey is going to be built in 6 years [2]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_reactors#United_Arab_Emirates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_rea... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_reactors#Belarus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_rea... [2] https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Major-components-in-place-at-Akkuyu-1 https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Major-components...

erentz 4y ago
> Funny article. It talks about time to build nuclear reactors but never mentions Russia. > ... > For example, the reactor in Belarus was built in 8 years[1]. Sorry to break it to you but Belarus is still not russia, yet. If you look again at the article you'll see lots of countries that have nuclear reactors are not specifically mentioned, however in the one section where countries are specifically mentioned a group for all former USSR countries is called out that includes russia and other countries. This will be due to how reactor data was recorded prior to the dissolution of the USSR. Slava Ukraini
- gdy 4y ago
  Just like UAE isn't South Korea but the reactors there are designed and built by a South Korean company. What's your point? Sorry to break it to you, but the USSR dissolved over 30 years ago.
  - erentz 4y ago
    You are confused. The article talks about reactor construction time in countries. E.g. Hinkley Point C is being built in the UK, that means it gets recorded in data about construction in the UK, even though it is designed by a French company, and owned by a French and Chinese company. The same applies for reactors designed by Rosatom and built around the world. A VVER-1200 built in China may be a russian design, but the data is recorded as construction in China for obvious reasons. > Sorry to break it to you, but the USSR dissolved over 30 years ago. Yes, you're the one that was confused why Belarusian projects did not count as russian, and you ignored the Former USSR information in the article. If you would like to know why she aggregated the data that way and didn't break it out into before and after USSR dissolution, you should go and post a comment asking on her Substack.
    - gdy 4y ago
      Firstly, it's meaningless -- the construction time depends on who is building, not where. Secondly, it doesn't matter -- reactors in Russia are built by Rosatom just a little slower and still on par with South Korea. I have zero interest in asking her about anything.
- gdy 4y ago
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  - erentz 4y ago
    For others, not you because you're a troll, I will clarify: Glory to Ukraine is a simple formulation of words that cannot be owned by any particular group, and to suggest its a Nazi phrase is russian propaganda. The phrase first came to use amongst students in Kharkiv at the end of the 19th century and wider use during the War of Independence from 1917-1921. All before the Nazi party in Germany was created and before the OUN was created. The phrase was subsequently forbidden for a time by the Soviet regime which also attempted to discredit it for the same reasons they did any idea that opposed them.
    - gdy 4y ago
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JumpCrisscross 4y ago
> the reactor in Belarus was built in 8 years That’s slower than average [1]. Striking, considering how much where you build influences timelines as much as who’s building. (I doubt Minsk subjects Rosatom to community input, labor requirements or environmental reviews.) [1] https://hannahritchie.substack.com/p/nuclear-construction-time https://hannahritchie.substack.com/p/nuclear-construction-ti...
- gdy 4y ago
  Yes, lots of the reactors are built by China which takes 5-6 years to do the job. All other countries take more time. "community input, ... environmental reviews" It all happens before the start of construction, doesn't it? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_reactors#China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_rea...
  - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
    > lots of the reactors are built by China which takes 5-6 years to do the job. All other countries take more time This is incorrect: Russia builds new nuclear power plants slower than the average plant built by Japan and Korea in the last decades. The slowpokes are Europe and the U.S. > happens before the start of construction, doesn't it No. It’s an ongoing process in developed countries. (Including, increasingly, China.)
    - gdy 4y ago
      Why don't you support your statements with sources? "the average plant built by Japan" Japan stopped building reactors after Fukushima disaster. If you cut corners, build a reactor in five years and later it blows up, that's not what you want, isn't it? "It’s an ongoing process" What kind of effect does it have on the construction? If none, it's just ongoing show.

by gdy 4y ago

erentz 4y ago

> Funny article. It talks about time to build nuclear reactors but never mentions Russia. > ... > For example, the reactor in Belarus was built in 8 years[1]. Sorry to break it to you but Belarus is still not russia, yet. If you look again at the article you'll see lots of countries that have nuclear reactors are not specifically mentioned, however in the one section where countries are specifically mentioned a group for all former USSR countries is called out that includes russia and other countries. This will be due to how reactor data was recorded prior to the dissolution of the USSR. Slava Ukraini

gdy 4y ago
Just like UAE isn't South Korea but the reactors there are designed and built by a South Korean company. What's your point? Sorry to break it to you, but the USSR dissolved over 30 years ago.
- erentz 4y ago
  You are confused. The article talks about reactor construction time in countries. E.g. Hinkley Point C is being built in the UK, that means it gets recorded in data about construction in the UK, even though it is designed by a French company, and owned by a French and Chinese company. The same applies for reactors designed by Rosatom and built around the world. A VVER-1200 built in China may be a russian design, but the data is recorded as construction in China for obvious reasons. > Sorry to break it to you, but the USSR dissolved over 30 years ago. Yes, you're the one that was confused why Belarusian projects did not count as russian, and you ignored the Former USSR information in the article. If you would like to know why she aggregated the data that way and didn't break it out into before and after USSR dissolution, you should go and post a comment asking on her Substack.
  - gdy 4y ago
    Firstly, it's meaningless -- the construction time depends on who is building, not where. Secondly, it doesn't matter -- reactors in Russia are built by Rosatom just a little slower and still on par with South Korea. I have zero interest in asking her about anything.
gdy 4y ago
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- erentz 4y ago
  For others, not you because you're a troll, I will clarify: Glory to Ukraine is a simple formulation of words that cannot be owned by any particular group, and to suggest its a Nazi phrase is russian propaganda. The phrase first came to use amongst students in Kharkiv at the end of the 19th century and wider use during the War of Independence from 1917-1921. All before the Nazi party in Germany was created and before the OUN was created. The phrase was subsequently forbidden for a time by the Soviet regime which also attempted to discredit it for the same reasons they did any idea that opposed them.
  - gdy 4y ago
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JumpCrisscross 4y ago

> the reactor in Belarus was built in 8 years That’s slower than average [1]. Striking, considering how much where you build influences timelines as much as who’s building. (I doubt Minsk subjects Rosatom to community input, labor requirements or environmental reviews.) [1] https://hannahritchie.substack.com/p/nuclear-construction-time https://hannahritchie.substack.com/p/nuclear-construction-ti...

gdy 4y ago
Yes, lots of the reactors are built by China which takes 5-6 years to do the job. All other countries take more time. "community input, ... environmental reviews" It all happens before the start of construction, doesn't it? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_reactors#China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_rea...
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago
  > lots of the reactors are built by China which takes 5-6 years to do the job. All other countries take more time This is incorrect: Russia builds new nuclear power plants slower than the average plant built by Japan and Korea in the last decades. The slowpokes are Europe and the U.S. > happens before the start of construction, doesn't it No. It’s an ongoing process in developed countries. (Including, increasingly, China.)
  - gdy 4y ago
    Why don't you support your statements with sources? "the average plant built by Japan" Japan stopped building reactors after Fukushima disaster. If you cut corners, build a reactor in five years and later it blows up, that's not what you want, isn't it? "It’s an ongoing process" What kind of effect does it have on the construction? If none, it's just ongoing show.