Quote: (12-16-2016 05:03 PM)Foolsgo1d Wrote:
Even if Trump were to start building right now they take years to build.
That is part of the motivation to design modular nuclear reactors (Gen IV). The idea is to build them on an assembly line and truck or train them to site, where the components are assembled.
This is the Nuscale version.
This is the Westinghouse version.
Any major power plant takes a long time to build. The newest generating station by me was under construction for over five years before it went operational (not including the planning stage), and it burns natural gas.
However, the service life is 40 to 50 years.