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French lowered production capacity at the moment is largely due to delayed inspections because of Covid.

• piva00 4y ago
  Delayed inspections, rivers drying out affecting cooling, cracks in reactors, unusual corrosion, billions in debt after a Rosatom deal, etc. It's a very nuanced issue, I don't think it's very informed to say it's just due to delayed inspections... The inspections were what found cracks due to corrosion, repairs are taking really long.
• raxxorraxor 4y ago
  They changed laws to allow rivers getting heated more to keep plants running. Germany won't need nuclear and we have completely different problems with our infrastructure that leads to energy going to waste. We pay Austria and Switzerland regularly to take our energy because we have too much, we stop wind turbines and disconnect solar panels because the net is overflowing. This has created an industry because these countries have pump storage plants. Granted, these are required for wind and solar power to be effective. Germany has storages too but they are not attached to the net because of old laws that would make it costly. Basically you have to pay for the energy you save AND the energy you put back into the net. And France currently shows that nuclear isn't really a good choice for base load since they had to restrict power output due to heat. The plants are getting older and require a lot of maintenance. Energy production of the future should not concentrate on nuclear. It cannot compete on price and environmental factors in Europe. There are other places were it would fit better.
  • 4h53n 4y ago
    How does Germany plan to power the grid when there is no wind at night?