Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants

Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants by Zigurd on Friday December 31, 2021 @03:13PM (#29752067)

80%+ of nuclear power comes from gen 2 reactors. There are still 8 RBMK reactors in operation, all capable of failing the same way Chernobyl failed, with the same widespread contamination.

IF new generation reactors can prove to be safe and not create waste and decommissioning problems, and if they can be built economically, then they are worthy of consideration.

But power is fungible. If the cheapest next watt-hour is solar or wind, then why spend on anything else?

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Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants by garaetjjte on Friday December 31, 2021 @03:39PM (#29752314)

>all capable of failing the same way Chernobyl failed

Not exactly, changes were made to RBMK design after the accident: https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fu...

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Re:Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants by Zigurd on Friday December 31, 2021 @03:56PM (#29752450)

What they cannot change is the lack of a containment structure.

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