Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in France?

Re:Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in Fr... by steeve on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @01:59PM (#23849048)

> Afaik originally the life-span for most reactors of that kind was 40 years

It is not. That number was made so that EDF would get a proper return of investment. Some plants based on the same design have been granted lifespan to 60 years in the US.

> how far past that are we willing to go?

As long as its safe. Why throw away something that works, is safe and reliable on the counts that some folks put out a number?

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Re:Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in Fr... by IAmEveryone on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @02:19PM (#23849363)

I'm not quite willing to accept the US' ideas on science and safety as entirely unassailable at the moment.

Nor, for that matter, should the most lenient regulation always dictate other countries'. That could just result in endless ping-pong of extensions, and it make lobbying so much easier if you only needed to convince one country and then shame all others into following.

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Re:Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in Fr... by dv_dt on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @02:42PM (#23849728)

In the US upgrades of old plants in the US have gone wrong. e.g. see the San Onofre upgrade

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Onofre_Nuclear_Generating_...

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Re:Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in Fr... by steeve on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @09:09PM (#23854570)

There are multiple differences why it’s not the same in France. The biggest one being that in the US, a plant as to confirm to its design security specifications, whereas it France, it has to conform to the security specifications of when it is inspected.

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Re:Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in Fr... by p4bl0 on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:40PM (#23851416)

How can anyone call nuclear power "safe"? Have we discovered a way to actually deal with the nuclear waste yet?

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Re:Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in Fr... by lloeki on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @06:18PM (#23852943)

Just as much as we have discovered one to actually deal with the hydrocarbon burning waste.

One is captured, packaged, and stashed away; the other is poured into the air in high volumes, continuously fueling a runaway scenario.

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Re:Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in Fr... by garmaine on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @06:23PM (#23852996)

Yes.

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