[throwawaysea]

I agree America has lost its ability to build big complex things but maybe that’s just a challenge we need to overcome. Certainly other nations like China aren’t having trouble building new generation nuclear plants. There is mounting political will across the spectrum to invest in nuclear (https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/finally-they-adm...), and maybe we can use that as a route to reinvigorate American construction and manufacturing industries.

[epistasis]

China is also having difficulty building nuclear reactors. Though they still complete in seemingly reasonable timelines to Western ears, it's still up to two times as the schedule completion.

Michael Shellenberger is not a reliable source in my experience, he's far more invested in ideology and pushing cultural wedge issues than the technology and providing real solutions.