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Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis by petre on Friday November 08, 2019 @12:47PM (#21484771)
France is reducing nuclear in the power mix because 50% is more than enough to supplement renewables and also because of aging utilities like Fessenheim that are becoming risky to operate and expensive to maintain. President Macron also pushed the target to 2035.
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Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis by tstrimple on Friday November 08, 2019 @01:58PM (#21485481)
Which agrees with my premise. The reactors are being shut down because they are not economically competitive.
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Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis by petre on Saturday November 09, 2019 @04:13AM (#21490487)
Not really. The average cost of electricity in France is 26.5% cheaper than the EU average. Fessenheim is also being closed due to pressure from anti nuke groups, Switzerland and Germany.
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Re:Nuclear energy is a vital part of solving the climate crisis by akiselev on Friday November 08, 2019 @09:35PM (#21489184)
They're not economic at peak load but then become economic at base load in support of renewables? Sounds like a win-win.
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