This is a country that simply hasn't built nuclear for ages. And the only one (two reactors) it did build was a brand new design (FOAK - First of a Kind). With COVID happening.
Like everything, this gets better with practice.
Like everything, this gets better with practice.
Does that sound more like an nth of a kind project, or a first of a kind project?
(The originally submitted Vogtle-3/4 design could not be built)
In fact, last I checked they had already planned this refurbishment, but could not obtain the funds to do it, and thus shut down the plant instead.
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