> essenheim was amongst the top performing nuclear plants, and had no issues being given a 10 year renewal because of how safe it was That is false. It was an

> essenheim was amongst the top performing nuclear plants, and had no issues being given a 10 year renewal because of how safe it was That is false. It was an old and accident ridden plant. > And as always, the same awful arguments about "don't overheat the rivers", when the limits set by the safety regulations are way under anything Luckily those limits are set by people who know what they're doing and not the nuclear astroturf online. > Hollande did not want to diversify our energy production. It was a purely political play to get EELV's support and used Fessenheim as a sacrificial chip. That's pure propaganda from the opposite political spectrum and is not even worth the discussion anymore at this point. > Glad to see the German energiewende led to such diversification that you're running half your country on coal right now btw. https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/DE https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/DE We even had to get some coal plants back from retirement (just like you did) because your rotting nuclear fleet isn't performing and it's cold outside. You're welcome :)