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by throw0101d 616 days ago
> During the Messmer plan the French installed 56 reactors in 15 years.

Canada (mostly Ontario) built 25 reactors in 35 years:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Canada#Power_...

From the 1980s to the 2000s, it took Japan roughly 4-5 years between start of construction and commercial operation for a number of reactors:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_rea...

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Start of construction is many years after start of the project though.