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by altacc 2395 days ago
The list of things I don't want built in a rush definitely includes nuclear reactors!
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RockIslandLine 2395 days ago
And yet a ten year timeline is obviously nonsense. When these reactors were built in the 1970s, groundbreaking to power production was often 5 years.

Why is the process much worse now?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion_Nuclear_Power_Station

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DennisP 2395 days ago
Yes, but it's also possible to go a lot slower than necessary. France converted their grid to 80% nuclear in 20 years and it seems to have worked out ok.
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