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Re:EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy by mpweiher on Saturday September 13, 2025 @05:52AM (#45230790)
No, the exceptions are builds like HPC.

The average build time is currently 6.5 years. The median is lower at 5.8. The variations across both time and space of those average are neither large nor particularly systematic.

There have always been outliers, so if you focus on those you can "prove" anything you like.

https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/nuclear-constructi...

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Re:EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy by ViewTrick1002 on Saturday September 13, 2025 @03:54PM (#45234824)
Which for western construction creates a dataset weighted around ~1980. Not sure why that is relevant half a century later?

Instead taking the average of all modern western construction and we get close to 15 years.

With the recent insanely subsidies european projects being proposed even the initial timeline calls for a ~10 years build time. Assuming everything goes to plan.

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