After years of wrangling, France has set out a new energy law that slashes its wind and solar power targets and drops a mandate for state-run energy provider EDF to shut down nuclear plants.

  • einkorn@feddit.orgEnglish
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    22 hours ago

    So, in reality it takes it takes at least 8 years to match one nuclear reactors, assuming you like keeping the lights on during winter.

    One nuclear reactor every eight years? Still better than any current reactor project to date. Where is your argument?

    So on top of literally an entire nation’s worth of solar panel growth you need to also STORE that power for at least 16 hours

    I mean, building a nuclear power plant where none operates at the moment (Germany) would also be an entire nation’s worth of nuclear growth. What sort of argument is that supposed to be. Add solar or add nuclear, duh?

    As for the storage: companies are even building long term battery storages without subsidies because it’s worth it on an economical scale to buy the overproduction during peak hours. Show me a nuclear project without subsidies.

    And nuclear plants have MUCH longer lifespans

    Sure, but over these lifespans maintenance and eventually disposal is a massive cost factor which is one of the reason the overall cost calculation is so negative and requires massive subsidies.

    Tell me, how much nuclear waste is there actually?

    Too much, because at least here in Germany, nobody wants to store it permanently. So better don’t produce any waste at all. It’s funny that this argument “It’s so little waste” always comes up but completely fails the reality check.