> If it can be done quickly enough (RR claim 4 years) then it'd be a useful fillip while the renewable buildout is ongoing and the system is still grid-constrained.
Japan managed to begin a new (BWR/PWR) nuclear reactor build and have it in commercial operation in ~5 years:
They did this every year beginning in 1980 up to 2004. Economies of scale and production efficiencies are applicable to nuclear reactors as much as widgets.
Japan managed to begin a new (BWR/PWR) nuclear reactor build and have it in commercial operation in ~5 years:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_nuclear_rea...
They did this every year beginning in 1980 up to 2004. Economies of scale and production efficiencies are applicable to nuclear reactors as much as widgets.