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> In the developed world, read western industrial nations, nuclear is launched anymore There is Korea, USA, France, UK, Slovakia and the UAE in the list. In l
by adev_ 3y ago
> In the developed world, read western industrial nations, nuclear is launched anymore
There is Korea, USA, France, UK, Slovakia and the UAE in the list.
In longer term, you can add Japan, Czeck Republic, Poland (under investigation) and even Italy is considering it right now.
You should certainly said to them that they are not part of your definition of the developed world.
> Nuclear is good for base load, the old inflexible kind, only. It is didficult to ramp up and down on short notice, making a grid less flexible the more nuclear is deployed
Good. The grid worked on good old inflexible based load for a century now and it prooved it works. Lets continue on that and make it low Carbon at the same time.
- hef19898 3y agoTechnically France is on that list here: https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/plans-for-new-reactors-worldwide.aspx https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-an... With one reactor. Wow. That being said, the majority are in Asia. The UAE have one under construction, they did install more solar capacity already. Two Japanese ones are suspended. Which leaves China as the leader. Just as a reminder: these are the capacities Under Construction (grid connection, as of Nov. 2023, between 2023 and 2030): 68 GW Planned: 109 GW Proposed: 353 GW Total: 630 GW Solar capacity installed between 2018 and 2021: 500 GW Solar capacity estimated to be installed until 2025: 1.3 TW I hope that puts it into perspective with regards to where the money goes. Nuclear proponents are at risk of becoming a serious road block when it comes to a fast energy transition, even more so if they continue to ignore raw market numbers.