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Looks like France will be kind of an insurer for energy market. Trading the risk of energy supply shortage for the risk of radioactive accidents.
by rmbyrro 5y ago
Looks like France will be kind of an insurer for energy market.
Trading the risk of energy supply shortage for the risk of radioactive accidents.
- cinntaile 5y agoNot quite. They're reducing their dependency on nuclear as well. Sure they might build some new reactors but they'll also close some old ones. It's expected that they will close more reactors than they will build.
- 908B64B197 5y agoFrance seems to be confident regarding nuclear safety. Most of that engineering is done in-house as well. I wonder what explains this different attitude as compared to their neighbors.
- belorn 5y agoThe overall radioactive waste in the environment will go down if coal plants in EU get replaced with nuclear plants in France, even if there would be future accidents at a similar rate per TW/h produced. Even more so if the coal mines get closed down, as those mines also tend to release a lot of radioactive waste into the environment. Nuclear plants can in some way be seen as fossil fuel plants that store all the waste produced and only release anything if there is an accident. The fossil fueled plants do the opposite, constantly releasing a steady stream into the surrounding area with no risk of an single accident that release a large stored amount in a single instant.