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Is Nuclear available now? In the UK it seems to take decades to build a nuclear power plant

• eldaisfish 5y ago
  Even if isn't available now, you can start building now. This isn't the gotcha many think it is. A nuclear plant will provide decades of energy without emitting carbon into the atmosphere. In all that time, build towards a future where the nuclear plant isn't needed. The promise of a wind and solar future is still several decades in the future. Why wait for that when we have a problem right now?
  • adrianN 5y ago
    Because building a sufficient number on nuclear reactors will take a comparable amount of time to building a sufficient number of wind turbines, PV panels, and storage, while also posing problems with public acceptance and nuclear proliferation. It's also unclear whether that would be cheaper or more expensive.
• giorgioz 5y ago
  When Italians voted against nuclear in the 1987 referendum there were 2 active nuclear plants in Italy. We switched them off and de-commission them. Switched off reactors and consumed nuclear piles are still a radiation hazard and don't produce anymore energy. https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-g-n/italy.aspx https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profil...