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Understandable given France has invested heavily into such power generation due to policy many decades ago to be energy self sufficient. That has seen France b

by Zenst 5y ago

Understandable given France has invested heavily into such power generation due to policy many decades ago to be energy self sufficient. That has seen France build up a nice collection of skilled workers across the board from building such power stations thru to management. You can read up some background here: https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/france.aspx https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-pr... I'd imagine having the green label will make export sales better as companies can bulk up their `green` quota of energy supplies much easier and that stigma hasn't helped. [EDIT ADD] If you look at the commissioning dates of the bulk of Frances reactors and the life-cycle of those reactors. You will notice that within the next ten years - many reactors will need decommissioning. So a push to get them labelled as green is very much in Frances interest to justify replacing end of life reactors. Otherwise they may well fall foul of energy production quota targets down the line by the EU.

johnchristopher 5y ago
5 or 10 years ago I watched a documentary about France's nuclear workers (I live in Belgium). One guy said they had lost a lot of their know how when building nuclear plants abroad and were spread too thin now to manage all the plants. He also said that privatization of small contractors to conduct routine maintenance had led to tighter schedules and an increase in small accidents. He wasn't confident the nuclear park was safe enough. Most signatures are from Eastern Europe. It'd be great for France's finances to build nuclear plants in western Europe, the west has a strong anti nuclear stance at the moment.
- orwin 5y ago
  > He also said that privatization of small contractors to conduct routine maintenance had led to tighter schedules and an increase in small accidents. He wasn't confident the nuclear park was safe enough. Yes, this is probably the biggest issue for nuclear, and the biggest safety risk. Some contractors are good. If you work in software, you know what percentage of them are good, and from those, what percentage actually get shit done.
- johnchristopher 5y ago
  *build nuclear plants in eastern Europe

by Zenst 5y ago

johnchristopher 5y ago

5 or 10 years ago I watched a documentary about France's nuclear workers (I live in Belgium). One guy said they had lost a lot of their know how when building nuclear plants abroad and were spread too thin now to manage all the plants. He also said that privatization of small contractors to conduct routine maintenance had led to tighter schedules and an increase in small accidents. He wasn't confident the nuclear park was safe enough. Most signatures are from Eastern Europe. It'd be great for France's finances to build nuclear plants in western Europe, the west has a strong anti nuclear stance at the moment.

orwin 5y ago
> He also said that privatization of small contractors to conduct routine maintenance had led to tighter schedules and an increase in small accidents. He wasn't confident the nuclear park was safe enough. Yes, this is probably the biggest issue for nuclear, and the biggest safety risk. Some contractors are good. If you work in software, you know what percentage of them are good, and from those, what percentage actually get shit done.
johnchristopher 5y ago
*build nuclear plants in eastern Europe