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> The burden on nuclear is the extremely long construction time and massive cost overruns. Yes, and: * Risk of catastrophic failure * Long term waste which t
by worik 2y ago
> The burden on nuclear is the extremely long construction time and massive cost overruns.
Yes, and:
* Risk of catastrophic failure
* Long term waste which there is no technology capable of handling
* Decommissioning
- threatofrain 2y ago> Long term waste which there is no technology capable of handling IMO too many people are dying from conventional dirty energy sources. We don't know how to handle the waste.
- smeej 2y agoAren't all these things moot in a situation where the consideration is how much energy to produce from a plant that has already been built and is already operating? New Hampshire's utility isn't considering whether to use bitcoin miners or whether to decommission the whole plant and stop using any nuclear energy. They're considering whether they can increase production to cover a higher amount than baseload by making sure they can burn off extra energy easily when demand drops.