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No German power plant is in danger of a tsunami indeed. But what was worrisome about the Fukushima disaster was, that the tsunami was the trigger, but the nucle
by _ph_ 10y ago
No German power plant is in danger of a tsunami indeed. But what was worrisome about the Fukushima disaster was, that the tsunami was the trigger, but the nuclear disaster was mostly created by human failure. The reactor was too old, and failed purely because the lack of electrical power and the disability to deal with it. So, how many possible failure modes we have not considered also? Not to mention, that we don't have a good plan about what to do with the nuclear waste.
Another component is, that the nuclear plants are only operating part-time as more and more maintenance is required, France just faced severe power shortage, as too many of their aging nuclear plants where down due to maintenance.
I certainly would be happy, if we used less coal. And currently, quite a few coal plants in Germany are running rather for the profits of the operators than for the grids requirements. As the renewable energies grow, very soon quite a few coal plants are going to be decommissioned and replaced with on-demand gas power.
- nickik 10y agoSeems to solution is to replace reactors with newer better saver ones.
- _ph_ 10y agoThat would be a possibility. However the costs for those which are currently being built seem to skyrocket far beyond what renewable energies would cost - and that does not yet include the unsolved waste problem.