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… and turn the nuclear power plants back on until then?
by outside1234 5y ago
… and turn the nuclear power plants back on until then?
- moooo99 5y agoNot a feasible option by any means. Fuel supply is not secured and takes a long time to prepare (apparently fuel rods a custom made for reactors and have a lead time of 2+ years). On many plants, demolition has already started to an extent. Also many operators apparently skipped certifications that would be necessary to operate beyond the timeline that was set 10 years ago.
- dathinab 5y agoThe problem is not that they did switch perfectly fine nuclear power plants of, the problem is that they didn't build replacements for old power plants which have to go out of service normally. Many(all?) of the remaining nuclear power plants are already operating well beyond the time they have been designed for.
- lawn 5y agoSame situation as in Sweden.
- BSVogler 5y agoYou cannot simply do that. This was planned for years and there is no training for staff, contracts like insurance, a location to put the additional waste etc. to prolong the usage of nuclear power plants.
- chess_buster 5y agoThe nuclear plants in Germany are not insured, because the estimated 10 Trillion Euro a catastrophic failure would cause is out of question for any insurer. Therfore the German state takes the risk.