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Most materials used by renewables are eternally (at human scale) reusable. In France recycling 95% of the sheer mass of a wind turbine is now mandatory ( https
by natmaka 2y ago
Most materials used by renewables are eternally (at human scale) reusable. In France recycling 95% of the sheer mass of a wind turbine is now mandatory ( https://www.lemoniteur.fr/article/demantelement-des-eoliennes-terrestres-en-2024-95-de-la-masse-totale-des-aerogenerateurs-devra-etre-reutilisee-ou-recyclee.2294397 https://www.lemoniteur.fr/article/demantelement-des-eolienne... )
> France does have several years worth of fuel
Indeed, 'le stock stratégique', about 9 years at best (counting the average amount of uranium already present in reactors). 9 years at best for an overall of your gridpower production system... good luck with this!
- Moldoteck 2y agoI mean... france really doesn't have a problem with n fuel... It's not just classic stockpiles but the reprocessed ones. Needless to say that imports are pretty diversified - even if one country will ban exports to France, they'll not face total ban from all partners, so in this regard they are indeed lucky.
- natmaka 2y agoFrance already encountered challenges: for 5 decades some there pretended that Niger will provide, then it abruptly became tricky ( https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0kked7ydqyo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0kked7ydqyo ). Some recycling operations (past contracts) involving Russia also had to be maintained during the current embargo. No major problem for now, indeed. However a war or a nuclear renaissance may abruptly lead to challenging conditions, if superpowers need more uranium.