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'new' nuclear energy facilities in UAE, South Korea and China have been delivered on time and on budget. It really depends on stability of political support and

'new' nuclear energy facilities in UAE, South Korea and China have been delivered on time and on budget. It really depends on stability of political support and maturity of the supply chain, as hinted in the article "“One of the first reactors would more likely take 12 to 15 years,” Romano said." The problem with "We need to move away from fossil fuels NOW" is, that the world is currently not moving in this direction, as you can see from the annual CO2 emissions statistics. https://www.iea.org/reports/global-energy-review-2025/co2-emissions https://www.iea.org/reports/global-energy-review-2025/co2-em... We need all the low-carbon technologies and nuclear power is a long term low-carbon technology.

dotcoma 5mo ago
Wind is growing and solar in growing incredibly fast, and they are growing NOW. Demand is also growing, but I doubt the solution is to bet on something that will be ready 15 years from now, when either solar and batteries will have solved the problem, or we’re going to be in serious trouble. Even China is betting on solar (and batteries) much more than on nuclear.
- leonidasrup 5mo ago
  Solar is growing 2x faster than wind. https://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix https://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix China is betting on everything: solar, wind, hydro, coal, nuclear. China is building the most solar, most wind, has build the biggest hydro power plants, is building most coal power plants, is building most nuclear power plants. I agree that China is betting on solar (and batteries) much more than on nuclear, on the other hand China is currently betting more on coal than nuclear. Decarbonization is not high priority for China, the priority is producing cost effective energy from domestic sources, be it domestic coal, solar, hydro, wind. https://www.iea.org/countries/china/energy-mix https://www.iea.org/countries/china/energy-mix

dotcoma 5mo ago

Wind is growing and solar in growing incredibly fast, and they are growing NOW. Demand is also growing, but I doubt the solution is to bet on something that will be ready 15 years from now, when either solar and batteries will have solved the problem, or we’re going to be in serious trouble. Even China is betting on solar (and batteries) much more than on nuclear.

leonidasrup 5mo ago
Solar is growing 2x faster than wind. https://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix https://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix China is betting on everything: solar, wind, hydro, coal, nuclear. China is building the most solar, most wind, has build the biggest hydro power plants, is building most coal power plants, is building most nuclear power plants. I agree that China is betting on solar (and batteries) much more than on nuclear, on the other hand China is currently betting more on coal than nuclear. Decarbonization is not high priority for China, the priority is producing cost effective energy from domestic sources, be it domestic coal, solar, hydro, wind. https://www.iea.org/countries/china/energy-mix https://www.iea.org/countries/china/energy-mix