Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants

Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants by wildmanxx on Friday December 31, 2021 @02:23PM (#29751528)

Sad that this is downvoted. The hidden cost of nuclear is one of the biggest issue the tech-affine crowds tend to ignore and not want to hear about. You may not pay it on your utility bill, but society and later generations will pay it.

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Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants by Tenoke on Friday December 31, 2021 @02:54PM (#29751895)

Except Germany has largely been replacing it with coal (and gas) which has costs paid in lives today rather than in unlikely future hypotheticals.

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Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants by Zigurd on Friday December 31, 2021 @02:52PM (#29751876)

Almost every nation with nuclear power has underestimated decommissioning costs. Those costs will go on long after the lifespan of the power plant.

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Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants by euler2100 on Friday December 31, 2021 @02:58PM (#29751932)

Care to explain how exactly? I'm genuinely curious.

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