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Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants by luckylion on Friday December 31, 2021 @02:40PM (#29751736)
> This was a natural disaster, which might happen at higher frequencies nowadays.

You don't build nuclear power plants in narrow valleys with known flood events though. I mean, you also don't build wind turbines in swamps and hope they don't fall over, or put solar panels on your roof and don't fasten them.

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Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants by la_fayette on Friday December 31, 2021 @02:50PM (#29751854)
https://www.wiseinternational.org/nuclear-monitor/770/floodi...
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Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants by WalterBright on Friday December 31, 2021 @02:44PM (#29751791)
Building a castle in a swamp can work, though.
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Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants by gnabgib on Friday December 31, 2021 @03:00PM (#29751950)
Certainly by the time you get to the fourth one, the strongest castle in these islands
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