Re:Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy
by citrin_ru on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @10:01AM
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> But if I look around at the current state of affairs I would say it looks like we have started to walk backwards as a civilisation
If we talking about technology development than each technology has ups and downs but very often there is a gradual improvement, peak and then slow of fast fall.
I don't think nuclear energy passed its peak and degrades. Newer reactors are better than 50 years ago. The only think which can be worse - ever increasing amount of regulations added without cost-benefit analysis. Safety by any price is a dubious goal because the price may be too high to pay.
If we talking about technology development than each technology has ups and downs but very often there is a gradual improvement, peak and then slow of fast fall.
I don't think nuclear energy passed its peak and degrades. Newer reactors are better than 50 years ago. The only think which can be worse - ever increasing amount of regulations added without cost-benefit analysis. Safety by any price is a dubious goal because the price may be too high to pay.