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42 sats \ 11 replies \ @kilianbuhn 14 Jun \ parent \ on: Nuclear energy continues to grow worldwide econ
Modern reactors are much much better at security
Many modern small reactors are even designed in a way that catastrophe = cooling down when everything fails instead of nuclear fallout ⚛️
with this said (sorry I know next to nothing about nuclear) would it be prudent to decommission old nuclear and build modern reactors with the hindsight of chenobyls and Tepcos in mind?
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It costs millions of dollars, takes years to get them running, the advantage is minimal since old reactors meltdown almost never, and politically the people are allergic to the word nuclear
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do you realize that Germany alone has invested over a trillion euros in the development of so-called renewable energies, which are completely inefficient compared to nuclear energy? you always have to put things like that into perspective, otherwise this statement makes no sense at all
do you realize that Germany alone has invested over a trillion euros in the development of so-called renewable energies, which are completely inefficient compared to nuclear energy? you always have to put things like that into perspective, otherwise this statement makes no sense at all
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I think you misread my comment or don't understand what i'm saying
I'm a big nuclear bull
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I feel as if the world of nuclear enrgy is shrouded in mystery.
I mean, obviously if you have a related specialism, industrial, business or pure scientific, you can dig out the relevant knowledge.
I suppose just the topic or Uranium alone, would be so huge, from a geological and geopolitical perspective. But as we've seemed to admit here, there's a huge lack of awareness of the perspective in terms of investment to long-term energy security ratio.
I'd love to know more about the industry, just feel in the dark.
It's not even up for discussion in general media.
My mentioning of the rare disaster's that have happened were more in relation to the bad press that nuclear gets.
Security is going to be an important angle, that much I can work out for myself.
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I can believe it. If there's the political willpower to provide energy, there's no reason why you would ignore options that science provides.
My question is borne out of the mismanagement of budgets and execution of even the smallest of projects (highways, transport etc.) Without a doubt Europe should excel in experience and scientific knowledge. Why would you not take advantage of that.
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