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Well, your 28th reactor will probably be built faster than your first in many years.

And how long did it take to get the permits? How long will that take in the US?

I highly doubt any new reactor (that's not already in the planning phase) will come online in the US within the next 10 years.

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> "I highly doubt any new reactor (that's not already in the planning phase) will come online in the US within the next 10 years."

That's a reasonable prediction. The US has essentially regulated new nuclear power plants out of existence over the past generation. That doesn't mean that there's anything about the technology that means it takes a decade to build, though. It's just a policy failure.

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