Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after Fukushima

Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by LatteLazy on Thursday March 11, 2021 @08:12AM (#26423597)

It's already almost too late to stop climate change. If nuclear wants to be part of that push (and base load without carbon is its only real selling point apart from weapons production), it needs to be ready to turn on in the next 5 years. That doesn't seem likely to me.

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Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by wmiel on Thursday March 11, 2021 @08:40AM (#26423868)

On the other hand phasing out the existing nuclear in favour of natural gas doesn't seem to solve the problem either.

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Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by pfdietz on Monday March 22, 2021 @10:14AM (#26541067)

If you add CCS to the natural gas it would. And that would likely be cheaper than nuclear.

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Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by LatteLazy on Thursday March 11, 2021 @01:17PM (#26427145)

At this point, it seems really unlikely we will "solve" the problem. I suspect we will go with flood defences, water management projects and geo-engineering.

So I think it's safest to take the cheapest option. Right now, that seems to be green energy (wind and solar) plus some gas power to deal with intermittent supply.

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