But the fact remains we don't have the budget or timeline available to go wide-scale nuclear for new energy with current nuclear solutions. The appalling cost and time overruns of every nuclear plant undertaken in the last several decades are instructive here. 10-15 year delays are common. Cost overruns of 4-8x the original cost estimates are also the contemporary norm.

That's only the case in the West. China is currently building GenIII+ GW-class Hualong One reactors in 5-6 years. Fuqing 5 and 6, which were parallel FOAK units, achieved criticality last year. Two more units in Fangchenggang are expected to start operation this year, two more at Zhangzhou which are expected to be completed by 2024, two more in Taipingling to be connected to the grid by 2025, [another two in ]https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Construction-begins-at-second-Changjiang-Hualong-O) other two in San'ao that will come online by 2026-2027. https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Construction-begins-at-second-Changjiang-Hualong-O) Korea built the AP-1400