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arrow-up1185arrow-down1imageGermany phased out nuclear instead of coal and now still relies on fossil fuels for electricitylemmy.worldjaykrown@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square119linkfedilink
minus-squaredeftlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down4·6 days ago It’s slow to construct, This often has to do with expertise and demand. If we aren’t building them often, it becomes more difficult to build them. not flexible at all What does this mean? It boils water. How flexible does it have to be to boil water? very expensive. So is the environmental crisis.
minus-squareamelia@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 days agoNot flexible means you can’t just switch a nuclear power plant on or off when power is needed or not needed. It takes days.
minus-squarebonesawmcl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoExpertise is definitely a problem with new fission plants. My neighbor is a pensioner in his 70s and is currently the only guy in Europe able to calculate and certify some very niche/specific concrete anchors for reactor shielding.
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoFrance went all in on nuclear. Their nuclear company still went bankrupt.
minus-squarejumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agothe environmental impact is spread out enough to not matter to any individual
This often has to do with expertise and demand. If we aren’t building them often, it becomes more difficult to build them.
What does this mean? It boils water. How flexible does it have to be to boil water?
So is the environmental crisis.
Not flexible means you can’t just switch a nuclear power plant on or off when power is needed or not needed. It takes days.
Expertise is definitely a problem with new fission plants. My neighbor is a pensioner in his 70s and is currently the only guy in Europe able to calculate and certify some very niche/specific concrete anchors for reactor shielding.
France went all in on nuclear. Their nuclear company still went bankrupt.
the environmental impact is spread out enough to not matter to any individual