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>France built 40 nuclear reactors in a decade. Here’s how they did it, and how the world can follow their lead today. Today France takes more than a decade to
by hilios 1y ago
>France built 40 nuclear reactors in a decade. Here’s how they did it, and how the world can follow their lead today.
Today France takes more than a decade to build a single reactor (Flamanville 3) and the debts incurred nationalizing EDF, are now causing serious concerns about the whole nation defaulting. As clean and safe as nuclear power might be, I think the world will be fine not following that example.
- James_K 1y agoPerhaps you should read beyond the first sentence.
- medlazik 1y agoWhat's causing "serious concerns about the whole nation defaulting" is billionaires not paying enough taxes, not taking back 15% of what was ours in the first place...
- thrance 1y agoFlammanville is a prototype, and much of the talent that was used to mass-produce reactors is long gone to time. The dumb thing now that Flammanville is finished would be to not follow up on it.
- ViewTrick1002 1y agoOr you know just just accept the sunk cost instead of wasting another €100-200B on subsidies for the EPR2 program?
- fulafel 1y agoThe other early EPR project, OL3, took 18 years to build.