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Germany to keep 2 of its 3 nuclear plants running into April
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoNuclear saved from expensive failure by more expensive nuclear failure: > “The situation in France is not good and has developed much worse than was actually forecasted in the last few weeks,” he said. “As the minister responsible for energy security I have to say: Unless this development is reversed, we will leave Isar 2 and Neckarwestheim on the grid in the first quarter of 2023.”
- Tagbert 4y agoGood. They should leave these systems running for the foreseeable future until the power can be fully offset by renewable sources.
- vba616 4y ago>renewable sources "Breeder reactors could, in principle, extract almost all of the energy contained in uranium or thorium, decreasing fuel requirements by a factor of 100 compared to widely used once-through light water reactors, which extract less than 1% of the energy in the uranium mined from the earth...could greatly reduce concerns about fuel supply, energy used in mining, and storage of radioactive waste" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor