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Any claims about 100 years of trouble-free operations of a nuclear reactor is a wishfull thinking at best. For example, in France nuclear power reactors were s
by _0w8t 4y ago
Any claims about 100 years of trouble-free operations of a nuclear reactor is a wishfull thinking at best.
For example, in France nuclear power reactors were stopped because unexpected cracks appeared in pipes after just 25 years of operations requiring expensive maintenance, https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/France-Closes-Two-Nuclear-Plants-After-Finding-Cracks-In-The-Infrastructure.html https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/France-Cl... That put reactors off-line for over a year.
Then Sweeden closed one of its reactors because it bacame unprofitable due to raising maintainance costs, https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-sweden-europe-a08facfe81523e85083e21ffe1ded681 https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-sweden-europe...