As of 2022, the average construction time worldwide for recent nuclear power plants with new designs was double the projected construction schedule. The latter was around 45 to 60 months, while the actual construction took or was estimated to take over 100 months. The only exception was the Hinkley Point C1 reactor in England, where the time gap between planned and effective construction time was of only six months.
Recent construction schedules for nuclear plants with new designs worldwide as of 2022*
(in months)
Characteristic
Projected construction schedule
Actual or currently estimated construction schedule
*New nuclear reactor designs are Small Modular Reactor (SMR), European Pressurized water Reactor (EPR), and Advance Passive 1000 (AP1000), which is a nuclear pressurized water reactor (PWR).
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IEEFA. (February 17, 2022). Recent construction schedules for nuclear plants with new designs worldwide as of 2022* (in months) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1333678/nuclear-plants-construction-time/
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