Comment by ViewTrick1002

Hahahah wow. This is so incredibly sad. When an engineer drops his standard to generated ChatGPT responses validating the other persons argument then you know they are completely off the rails.

Arguing in good faith? Not for you! Hope to bury the person you are discussing in a wall of LLM text because you can't deal with reality, that is what you do!

> As of 2024, over 20 reactors are under construction in China, making it the country with the largest number of reactors being built.

And what did I say: China has 4-5 construction starts per year leading to a shrinking share of nuclear power in the electricity mix.

As per Chinese average construction times that leads to in the 20s reactors under construction.

Thanks for the confirmation!

> Why might people think China is only announcing? Some reasons for the misunderstanding: Media headlines often report announcements, but follow-up coverage of construction or completion is rare unless it's a major milestone.

I wonder why I was counting construction starts based on authoratative databases?! Thanks again for confirming that China is barely building any nuclear power!

> China is not just announcing nuclear reactors — it is actively building and commissioning them at a faster rate than almost any other country. While not every announcement leads to immediate construction, a large percentage do eventually get built.

Yes. Currently targeting ~2-3% of the electricity mix as per recent construction starts. Insignificiant.

> While the EPR2 nuclear reactor project faces significant financial uncertainties, rising costs, and regulatory hurdles, it is not truly "stuck in financial limbo."

"Not truly stuck", but stuck.

> The French government and EDF remain engaged, with key decisions and financing strategies expected soon, indicating the project is still moving forward, albeit slowly and with some risks."

You mean the government that just collapsed because they are underwater in debt with a spending problem they are unable to reign in?

They will get around creating insanely bonkers large handouts to the nuclear industry any day now! Lets force a downgrade of their credit rating by another notch or two!

Exactly what is needed!

> The PRIS database lists 63 reactor projects.

Including

- 2 reactors from Ukraine which hasn't moved an inch since the Soviet times.

- 2 reactors in Japan that will get finished any day now!

- 1 reactor on a slowly rolling recently halted project in Argentine. Did I mention that it is 25 MW? A tiny bit bigger than an off-shore wind turbine!

- 1 reactor in Brazil which has on and off been construction since 1984.

That was ~10% of the reactors on that list. Should I continue??????

Also love the dodge. Just ignore all abandoned American and UK reactors in the last 20 years and keep pretending that all announced reactors will magic themselves into existence! Any day now!