What if we all adopted the nuclear industry's interpretation of a 'planned' project?

[FBaggins]

3. Better than if we all adopted the anti-nuke's interpretation of "truth"

you could count the total number of reactors built in 2014 and 2015 on just one hand.

Some of the fringe anti-nukes that I've run in to in recent months are firm believers in little green men... so perhaps the author has a different understanding of how many fingers belong on each hand?

By my count, the "definitive list of reactors" (laughable that Wikipedia is the definitive source for anything) lists 17 reactors that were completed in 2014/2015 or are scheduled for completion before the end of this year. Also, despite being "definitive", the list either entirely missed, or missed the completion date for, seven other reactors (two each in N. Korea and India, and three in China).

There are several dozen (65 on the list) reactors actively under construction worldwide right now (not "planned&quot with more than a dozen expected to complete in each of the next three years. The impression that the author attempts to leave the reader with is directly contradicted by reality.

He doesn't appear to write on the subject very often, so it's hard to tell whether it's dishonesty, wishful thinking, or just ignorantly accepting the lies of others... but there isn't a 4th possibility that appears likely.