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Nope. There's barely any nuclear power here now. Most plants were turned off after Fukushima. In fact I believe only 1 is online at the moment. https://en.w

Nope. There's barely any nuclear power here now. Most plants were turned off after Fukushima. In fact I believe only 1 is online at the moment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Japan

akafred 10y ago
Ah, didn't know that. I guess they are mainly running on electricity from coal/oil/gas power plants, then.
- lmm 10y ago
  Which is a lot more efficient than running off direct-drive petrol engines. There are reasons why e.g. diesel-electric locomotives are a thing.