Of course not, they have to get first the approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They estimate this would take 3 years. I don't find that unrealistic,

Of course not, they have to get first the approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They estimate this would take 3 years. I don't find that unrealistic, since it's based on an existing (i.e. approved) reactor design, AP1000. NuScale got their approval last year, and they applied in December 2016 [1]. So about 6 years for a design submitted by a new company with no prior experience whatsoever. [1] https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/smr/licensing-activities/nuscale.html https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/smr/licensing-acti...