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Re:Germany to close all of its coal-fired power plants over ... by quonn on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:24AM (#20712652)
Germany had a 30-year long public discussion on nuclear. There is an overwhelming majority who rejects it. And for good reasons, too. If there is no other way to achieve our goals, we may have that discussion again, but I doubt it.
Re:Germany to close all of its coal-fired power plants over ... by sjwright on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:39AM (#20712708)
What were the good reasons? Is Germany at risk of tsunamis or sub-Soviet-level engineering incompetence?

Do they fear statistics, which point out that nuclear is one of the safest forms of power per kilowatt, most comparable to wind and commercial (non-rooftop) solar?

Re:Germany to close all of its coal-fired power plants over ... by quonn on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:54AM (#20712766)
Nobody knows where to put the waste, failures are catastrophic if rare and they have turned out not to be that rare if enough plants are deployed. As I said, it was a long discussion. Nobody wants to reopen it and I‘ll leave it at that.
Re:Germany to close all of its coal-fired power plants over ... by sjwright on Sunday August 18, 2019 @12:16AM (#20728203)
As opposed to coal, oil, gas etc where we know where to put the waste—into our atmosphere. That's great. Let's shut down the nuclear and keep the coal going until renewables step up.

But for a few paranoid NIMBY protesters, everyone knows where to put nuclear waste—send it to breeder reactors.

Also, catastrophic nuclear failures are not deadly. Radiation from Fukushima has killed 1 person. And despite being the most absurd scenario possible to contemplate, radiation from Chernobyl killed between 30-100 people.

In 2011, there were 163 wind turbine accidents in England that killed 14 people. Wind kills more people than nuclear, and nuclear makes orders of magnitude more electricity.

Re:Germany to close all of its coal-fired power plants over ... by mav3rick on Monday August 19, 2019 @03:00AM (#20735528)
You are joking if the radiation hasn't affected generations in those places.
Re:Germany to close all of its coal-fired power plants over ... by lispm on Friday August 16, 2019 @03:32AM (#20712918)
Well, Germany invested a zillion into a pebble-based thorium high-temperature reactor.

Technological marvel.

It didn't work reliable enough and was too costly. Closed down by the industry relatively silently...

There is a site for nuclear waste. It does not work as expected. It needs to be cleaned for a few zillions...

Nuclear is dead in Germany. Nobody wants it, it's too costly, it lacks critical solutions (like fuel reprocessing and nuclear waste storage), which also nobody wants to host.

Re:Germany to close all of its coal-fired power plants over ... by Bud on Monday August 19, 2019 @12:32AM (#20734920)
Actually, not for good reasons. For bad reasons.