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My 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.
by rpdillon 4y ago
My 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.