Phase 2 of the San’ao Nuclear Power Plant has begun construction, with construction of the first phase ongoing since 2021. All told, the plant is supposed to reach a full scale of six Hualong One nuclear reactors, each 1,126 MW, in three phases of two reactors each. In total, the planned investment cost for 6.756 GW of nuclear capacity is reported at $6 billion, but this is so unbelievable that it must be a reporting error, with $6 billion being the cost for each 2.25 GW phase – still a small fraction of what nuclear new build costs in the West. India installed 18.5 GW of solar capacity in the first ten months of FY 2025, a 149.5% acceleration as…