> Personally I think closing the nuclear reactors is a terrible idea, considering nuclear is the only clean base load generation we have I am very against nucl

> Personally I think closing the nuclear reactors is a terrible idea, considering nuclear is the only clean base load generation we have I am very against nuclear power, on both the economic aspect, and the health and hazards side of things, specially nuclear waste for which there are no cold long term repositories which inspire much trust in me This said, I am fully on board on keeping existing nuclear reactors working, BUT I learned recently that radiation itself damages/corrodes/degrades the containment vessels of nuclear reactors over time, to the point where what was once strong steel or titanium becomes as fragile as glass or sugar glass (!!!)... Which is just not something that you can repair as the damage happens at the molecular level so then the entire reactor building needs to be basically scrapped for the most part and the vessel rebuilt So, when nuclear scientists and engineers say that x reactor has a y lifespan, they are being very serious about it I am despite all of that fully on board with extending the lifespan of nuclear reactors as long as possible