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France going nuclear [1]: "France’s championing of nuclear power as a way of ensuring its energy sovereignty sounds great. But a group of researchers says it's
by scrum-treats 3y ago
France going nuclear [1]: "France’s championing of nuclear power as a way of ensuring its energy sovereignty sounds great. But a group of researchers says it's a red herring given France imports all its uranium."
The push for nuclear in the US is a strategic maneuver to increase our position in Africa. It is not about increasing "clean" energy production. What else can you make with uranium and plutonium?? Hmm...
Further, France is slowing nuclear power generation due to heat waves [2]. Further evidence that the nuclear path is not a scalable, viable solution. Meaning, it's a bad idea to invest nuclear energy, let alone for the purpose of transitioning off fossil fuels.
[1]https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20220223-does-nuclear-power-guarantee-france-s-energy-independence-uranium-imported-niger-macron-russia https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20220223-does-nuclear-power-gua....
[2]https://efe.com/en/economia/2023-08-17/france-to-reduce-nuclear-power-generation-due-to-heat-wave/ https://efe.com/en/economia/2023-08-17/france-to-reduce-nucl...
- Paradigma11 3y agoWhy would you not build new reactors at sites that account for the changed climate, maybe with adjacent cooling lakes? Yes, Uranium is imported but fuel costs and volume is a pretty irrelevant factor with nuclear energy. You can buy it somewhere else in strategic quantities and store it at home. But sure, there can be short term difficulties.