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Re:Reducing CO2 emissions by targeting the world’s hyper-pol... by tonyedgecombe on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @02:17AM (#28125633)
I'm not sure it would be easy to replace them. We are building nuclear in the UK and it is far from easy. Neither is it particularly affordable.
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Re:Reducing CO2 emissions by targeting the world’s hyper-pol... by neuronic on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @02:37AM (#28125732)
Nuclear should have been built and improved 30 years ago. By the time new nuclear plants bring about their benefits, we have passed the 2,5 degrees celsius warming limit.
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Re:Reducing CO2 emissions by targeting the world’s hyper-pol... by imtringued on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @04:22AM (#28126356)
That's actually how you got into this mess. Lots of nuclear power plants were built so long ago that all the people involved have retired.

How is the next generation of nuclear power supposed to avoid that problem if people build everything at once and then stop again for 50 years?

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