TABLE 14. AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION TIME SPAN |
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Country |
Operating and Shut Down Reactors (Year of Grid Connection)/Average Construction Time |
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|
1965 |
1971 |
1977 |
1983 |
1989 |
1995 |
2003 |
2004 |
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|
No. |
Months |
No. |
Months |
No. |
Months |
No. |
Months |
No. |
Months |
No. |
Months |
No. |
Months |
No. |
Months |
|
ARGNTINA |
|
|
1 |
70 |
|
|
1 |
109 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARMENIA |
|
|
1 |
48 |
1 |
55 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BELGIUM |
|
|
3 |
56 |
2 |
84 |
2 |
78 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BRAZIL |
|
|
|
|
1 |
132 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
295 |
|
|
|
|
BULGARIA |
|
|
2 |
58 |
2 |
95 |
1 |
89 |
1 |
113 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
CANADA |
1 |
84 |
6 |
60 |
6 |
83 |
7 |
92 |
4 |
100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
CHINA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
75 |
|
|
1 |
58 |
1 |
84 |
CZECH R. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
88 |
|
|
1 |
167 |
|
|
|
|
FINLAND |
|
|
|
|
4 |
70 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FRANCE |
5 |
64 |
3 |
69 |
23 |
64 |
26 |
77 |
6 |
95 |
4 |
126 |
|
|
|
|
GERMANY |
7 |
57 |
9 |
57 |
7 |
76 |
10 |
107 |
2 |
112 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
HUNGARY |
|
|
|
|
1 |
101 |
3 |
100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INDIA |
2 |
55 |
1 |
88 |
1 |
152 |
2 |
153 |
3 |
139 |
5 |
123 |
|
|
|
|
ITALY |
|
|
|
|
1 |
101 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
JAPAN |
4 |
44 |
9 |
45 |
12 |
58 |
13 |
47 |
12 |
51 |
4 |
61 |
|
|
1 |
46 |
KAZAKHS. |
|
|
1 |
106 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
KOREA RP |
|
|
|
|
2 |
61 |
6 |
63 |
2 |
64 |
6 |
57 |
1 |
51 |
|
|
LITHNIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
98 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MEXICO |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
180 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NETHLNDS |
1 |
42 |
1 |
49 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PAKISTAN |
|
|
1 |
63 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
83 |
|
|
|
|
ROMANIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
169 |
|
|
|
|
RUSSIA |
2 |
69 |
11 |
55 |
7 |
80 |
9 |
76 |
2 |
89 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
231 |
S. AFRICA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
101 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SLOVAKIA |
|
|
1 |
173 |
2 |
88 |
2 |
99 |
|
|
2 |
186 |
|
|
|
|
SLOVENIA |
|
|
|
|
1 |
80 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SPAIN |
1 |
50 |
2 |
53 |
1 |
95 |
6 |
110 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SWEDEN |
|
|
5 |
58 |
5 |
82 |
2 |
67 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SWITZRLD |
1 |
47 |
2 |
49 |
1 |
63 |
1 |
125 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UK |
11 |
68 |
6 |
100 |
1 |
113 |
9 |
159 |
1 |
103 |
1 |
80 |
|
|
|
|
UKRAINE |
|
|
|
|
6 |
81 |
8 |
63 |
2 |
51 |
1 |
113 |
|
|
2 |
227 |
USA |
13 |
59 |
47 |
71 |
18 |
110 |
33 |
138 |
6 |
188 |
1 |
279 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
48 |
60 |
112 |
66 |
109 |
80 |
151 |
98 |
46 |
99 |
28 |
116 |
2 |
54 |
5 |
163 |
|
Note: Construction time is measured from the first pouring of concrete to the connection of the unit to the grid. |
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The totals include the following data in Taiwan, China: |
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- 1977 to 1982: 4 units, 67 months |
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- 1983 to 1988: 2 units, 71 months |
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