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Well, maybe "easily" was an exaggeration, but Germany is home to some of the bleeding edge particle physics installations, and some of the world's leading scien
by m0zg 5y ago
Well, maybe "easily" was an exaggeration, but Germany is home to some of the bleeding edge particle physics installations, and some of the world's leading scientific institutions, so at least the science side should be pretty solid. For engineering I'm sure Siemens would make things happen if a large enough pallet of cash is offered to it. With some pressure, it could even produce newer designs that are cheaper if built in quantity, than the purportedly "green" alternatives that do not provide baseline load capacity. The only real issue that's getting in the way is public opinion - the soil has been salted quite thoroughly on that, as far as I understand. But that'll change once a few people freeze to death.
- LargoLasskhyfv 5y agoHaving known parts of Siemens by having to deal with them in the past, I doubt it. We have a saying here: "Siemens ist 'ne Bank mit angeschlossener Elektroabateilung" which translates into something like "Siemens is a bank with electric department". That covers some of it, but they are more like an arrogant and snobbish government institution and have the same inertia. Because of that I'd rather count on small modular reactors from whomever, or even fusion by some startup, not via ITER, or Wendelstein-X.