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Any set of nuclear regulations that aren't just a copy of France's nuclear regulations are probably too restrictive. France gets 3/4 of their electricity from n
by gamegoblin 4y ago
Any set of nuclear regulations that aren't just a copy of France's nuclear regulations are probably too restrictive. France gets 3/4 of their electricity from nuclear without any major incidents.
(Obviously this is overly simplistic, there is a set of natural disasters that France isn't subject to that other countries are, so France is just a starting point. But every addition should be justified by answer the question "What about our circumstances makes us different from France here?")
- Gwypaas 4y agoHalf of France's nuclear fleet is offline due to maintenance issues. They've gone from an electricity exporter to importer when it is most needed. Have a look at Flamanville 3 and try to sell another 50 of those to the public. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamanville_Nuclear_Power_Plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamanville_Nuclear_Power_Plan...
- gamegoblin 4y agoAnd yet... no major safety events and still generating a significant amount of electricity. Obviously, as you point out, it could be better. But I'll take France, issues and all, over coal plants every day of the week. I expect France will get their act together. Re: net importer, their amount of import is basically a rounding error, on the order of 0.1% of their energy usage. They are energy neutral.
- Gwypaas 4y agoThe great thing is that the alternative is not coal plants anymore, it is renewables. https://www.lazard.com/perspective/levelized-cost-of-energy-levelized-cost-of-storage-and-levelized-cost-of-hydrogen/ https://www.lazard.com/perspective/levelized-cost-of-energy-...
- acidburnNSA 4y agoLCOE is unrelated to systems costs of large decarbonized grid because it leaves out the costs of long-term backup, increased transmission, overcapacity needed to fill the night batteries, and more.