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Looks like shutting down the nuclear reactors is working out splendidly.
by archerx 4y ago
Looks like shutting down the nuclear reactors is working out splendidly.
- jkepler 4y agoYeah, exactly. I'm all for caring well for the planet---people working to promote the flourishing of all life---yet we can't get there with anti-human deep green philosophical commitments. And strong anti-nuclear rhetoric is exactly that. If nuclear wasn't so incredibly overregulated and if we hadn't had decades-long antinuclear smear campaigns, costs would come down and we would see it as an energy option that has incredible benefits with well-known tradeoffs. Its difficult engineering, but they're well-known problems.
- steve1977 4y agoWe actually still have 4 out of 5 running here in Switzerland.
- sschueller 4y agoWe have had 6 reactors although connected to the grid it was a research reactor. The reason it doesn't exist anymore is that it suffered a meltdown. Luckily they were smart enough to build it in a cavern. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucens_reactor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucens_reactor
- sschueller 4y agoBeznau nuclear power plant in Northern Switzerland takes the honour of being the oldest nuclear power currently in use in the world. Construction on the plant began in 1965 and Beznau 1 began producing power on 1 September 1969, with Beznau 2 following in 1972. It's either build new ones or turn them off. Switzerland has the ability to store vast amounts of energy via hydroplants. Alternative energy like solar is therefore quite useful even at night.