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FBaggins

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6. This dramatically overstates the concern. A few easy points to consider
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 07:41 PM
14 hrs ago

* There's no requirement that a new reactor's pressure vesse be forged in the country where it will be installed.
* The new large reactors planned in the US will be AP1000's which use a 350 ton ingot, not >500...
* The expectation is for dramatically ramping up SMR production... and they have much smaller pressure vessels that could be produced by lots of foundaries.
* Expectations for global ramp-up of new nuclear plants sees new foundaries with the larger capacity in a number of countries (Two in Japan, one in China one in South Korea, the Czech Republic and Russia. With more planned in the UK and India

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