Upper estimates can sometimes say 20 years but that's likely not entirely accurate as it probably includes a lot of the planning stages beyond the actual construction. Then again using larger numbers like that to dissuade the general public isn't exactly a new thing and if ever called out on it the phrasing is still "technically correct".
pretty sure Europeans would be capable of putting a Notre Dame with a nuke reactor in it in every capital city in Europe in a year if nobody tried to fill their pockets in the process
Upper estimates can sometimes say 20 years but that's likely not entirely accurate as it probably includes a lot of the planning stages beyond the actual construction. Then again using larger numbers like that to dissuade the general public isn't exactly a new thing and if ever called out on it the phrasing is still "technically correct".
I don't think anybody has any idea how long it actually takes to build a nuclear power plant without artificial constraints put on the process.
pretty sure Europeans would be capable of putting a Notre Dame with a nuke reactor in it in every capital city in Europe in a year if nobody tried to fill their pockets in the process