[bhc]

I find it strange these types of articles never mention UAE's Barakah nuclear power plant (which did not source reactors from a nation unfriendly to the U.S.) and experienced only 4 year delay from the originally projected commercial operation start date and relatively limited cost overruns.

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

[simfree]

Using slave and indentured servitude labor certainly helps UAE contain costs!

[neglesaks]

Nice banger comment that doesn't address the lower cost imposed of regulatory tripwires.

[mschuster91]

Regulatory red tape often comes with very good reasons, particularly regarding safety.

Authoritarian regimes don't need to concern themselves with such pesky things as nature protection or people dying in accidents, especially if the workers are basically modern slaves.

If you want an example for what happens when you cut corners in nuclear, just look at Sellafield (UK) or La Hague (France). This shit is why regulations are so tight, and yet even that didn't prevent people from cutting corners which is why a lot of France's nuclear power plants were down for safety maintenance (corroded pipes) last summer, made worse by the drought that forced a lot of the remaining NPPs out of operation.