alt Hacker NewsAnother other things nuclear power plants don't take 15-20 to build in sensible economies. You also cannot use wind & solar + batteries to replace nuclear power.
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PaulHoule • yesterday at 11:40 PM
I wouldn’t say you cannot but I also wouldn’t say it is proven that you can.
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Pre-Fukushima, the Koreans were able to pop out a gigawatt every 5 years or so. Things dramatically slowed down afterwards, so even they are not immune to whatever it is that makes constructing nuclear powerplants slow as all hell around the world.
The Barakah plant in the UAE, built by the Koreans, took 9 years.