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by smaddox 521 days ago
> That application was submitted in March 2024 and is on track for approval in December 2026

Huh? Is this something where there's multiple incremental steps in the process, and that date is just the final approval stamp, or does it actually just take more than 1.5 years?

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I'm generally pretty open to the idea that the NRC is bad and needs to be reformed, but a year and a half doesn't seem that unreasonable? Especially for a new reactor design.
I'm pretty sure this is extremely fast for the nuclear industry.
It's always fun seeing someone jump into NRC discourse for the first time.
I hope this involves a lot of much faster feedback / modification cycles, and the process ends when all the feedback has been addressed.
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