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> Japan and Korea are ramping up their nuclear power Almost. Before the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake Japan had 54 nuclear reactors with 30% of Japan’s electricity o
by lispm 3y ago
> Japan and Korea are ramping up their nuclear power
Almost.
Before the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake Japan had 54 nuclear reactors with 30% of Japan’s electricity output. Of that only 33 reactors are currently possibly operable and of those only 10 are actually currently online.
The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake was the most devastating event in the nuclear history: a single event caused the shutdown of all 50+ reactors of a country, with much of the nuclear electricity production capacity lost for a decade - and longer.
While the country is spending billions to keep the wrecks under control.
- looping__lui 3y agoAnd that happens in Germany exactly how often? Relate that to the 400g/kWh of carbon emissions coal produces or the radioactive fallout from coal plants. I prefer a nuclear power plant to the coal plants that smog up my air and pollute everything around the Rhine area. In Japan majority is supporting it again and the articles don’t read like nuclear is on the decline in Japan these days: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/03/06/national/nuclear-power-revival/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/03/06/national/nuclea... “ Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is one of several world leaders aiming to ramp up the use of nuclear power, with plans to restart more reactors that have been standing idle since the Fukushima crisis.” So I think what you state is wrong!?
- lispm 3y agoShutting down all reactors and then a decade later restarting a few is really not a sound strategy to solve climate change problems. Remember, the example of Japan was yours.
- looping__lui 3y ago? So, instead you propose the German strategy to restart coal and double gas capacity to achieve 140 g/kWh of carbon emissions by 2030 (e.g., twice of France)? So restarting coal plants in Germany is wise in comparison?