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minus-squareEddoWagt@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 hours ago Building a nuclear plant takes decades. In China they do it in 6 years… https://www.statista.com/statistics/712841/median-construction-time-for-reactors-since-1981/
minus-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·7 hours agoAnd in those 6 years, you could have built over 6x that capacity in renewables, easy.
minus-squareEddoWagt@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours agoYou can also built more than 1 reactor at the same time
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down8·10 hours agoI’m very glad I don’t live anywhere near one of those.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·8 hours agoThe Chinese are really famous for their safety culture, right?
minus-squareEddoWagt@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 hours agoNone of their reactors have blown up yet and they’ve had nuclear plants since the 50’s
In China they do it in 6 years…
https://www.statista.com/statistics/712841/median-construction-time-for-reactors-since-1981/
And in those 6 years, you could have built over 6x that capacity in renewables, easy.
You can also built more than 1 reactor at the same time
I’m very glad I don’t live anywhere near one of those.
And why is that?
The Chinese are really famous for their safety culture, right?
None of their reactors have blown up yet and they’ve had nuclear plants since the 50’s