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>Look at germany. In Germany, where they are shutting down their nuclear power plants, more than 80% of the shut down nuclear power has been replaced with coal
by anon1385 13y ago
>Look at germany.
In Germany, where they are shutting down their nuclear power plants, more than 80% of the shut down nuclear power has been replaced with coal power plants,[26] which release 100 times as much radiation as a nuclear power plant of the same wattage
In 2012, member firms of the Verband der Industriellen Energie- und Kraftwirtschaft (VIK) reported power failures of several seconds duration, combined with a rise in frequency fluctuations. These were reportedly caused by network overloads due to the shutdown of nuclear power plants, and an increase in wind power generation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Germany#Role_for_coal_and_renewables https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Germany#Role_...
- Xylakant 13y agoSee, none of the plants that were shut down so far has been shut down due to the plan to phase out nuclear power. End 2011 all of germanys nuclear plant were switched off - either due to scheduled maintenance or due to (minor) accidents. The plan is so slowly fade out nuclear power over the next decade - so any short term fluke has to be regarded as what it is - a short term and pretty normal fluctuation in local power production, something that the european grid was built to handle.