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> they'll have to go nuclear Germany built up more renewables in 20 years than there ever was nuclear and the speed is still accelerating: https://de.wikipedia
by legulere 4y ago
> they'll have to go nuclear
Germany built up more renewables in 20 years than there ever was nuclear and the speed is still accelerating:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Energiemix_Deutschland.svg https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Energiemix_Deutschland.s...
Nuclear currently is too slow to be built and too expensive for fighting climate change in time. France is partially to blame for the current energy crisis in Europe, because they put pride in their nuclear power plants before realistic replacements for their old reactors that are way over their initial designed runtimes.
- rpdillon 4y agoMy prediction: we'll need nuclear in the end. Time to get serious and invest in new tech. Light water reactors were invented roughly 70 years ago, and it shows. There are much more modern designs we can employ. I wish we didn't discuss 'nuclear' as though it's one technology. Have no problem with renewables in the meantime.
- legulere 4y agoWork on the EPR started in 1989 with the first reactor starting commercial operation 2018. That's almost 30 years for an evolutionary Gen III design. Bringing more revolutionary Gen IV designs to market will take probably even longer, and that's not speaking about mass roll out. We don't have that time to prevent a climate disaster. It really makes sense though to keep existing nuclear plants running as long as their safety can be guaranteed.