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> Deploying 5GW of solar and storage, or 3-4GW of wind, is far easier, faster, and cheaper than trying to build a new reactor Besides the intermittency of rene
by sofixa 4y ago
> Deploying 5GW of solar and storage, or 3-4GW of wind, is far easier, faster, and cheaper than trying to build a new reactor
Besides the intermittency of renewables everyone else has already mentioned, a nuclear reactor has a life of 50 years, which is extendable with maintenance. There are literally reactors built in the 1950s still operating today. Solar and wind installations have to be fully rebuilt every 15-20 years (and the decommissioned materials recycled).
So you get stable power, for at least twice as long.
- epistasis 4y agoThis is abuse disadvantage for nuclear, not an advantage. Current high costs are locked in for a very long time. Whereas with solar and storage, after 15 years (for the storage) or 30 years (solar) you can take advantage of technology advancement. And of technology has not advanced much, you can simply maintain or repair the existing infrastructure, just like nuclear or other large capital expenditures.
- epistasis 4y agoThis is *a huge disadvantage... My typing on mobile is getting pretty bad...