Why Germans remain so jittery about nuclear power

Re:Why Germans remain so jittery about nuclear power by stewbrew on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @06:34AM (#29890198)

Wind and solar are cheaper than nuclear. There is no solution yet to the final deposition of nuclear waste.

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Re:Why Germans remain so jittery about nuclear power by selfhoster11 on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @06:39AM (#29890253)

There may be a reduced need for final deposition, if the successive generations of reactors are good enough at recycling the fuel used by the earlier generations. I'm not sure what the limit for that is, but it might be possible to cut down on waste by a huge amount.

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Re:Why Germans remain so jittery about nuclear power by Zardoz84 on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @06:38AM (#29890240)

You know that are reactors that burns long life nuclear waste ?

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Re:Why Germans remain so jittery about nuclear power by stewbrew on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @06:45AM (#29890320)

Without any remainders? No? What would you call these?

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Re:Why Germans remain so jittery about nuclear power by Ygg2 on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @06:39AM (#29890262)

Yeah, you just build peaker plants to help renewables. What are peaker plants? Fossil fuels (natural gas)

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Re:Why Germans remain so jittery about nuclear power by stewbrew on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @06:44AM (#29890310)

There are other means to buffer energy.

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