Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future
by orthecreedence on Thursday June 16, 2022 @12:46PM
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Yes, at the current scale. Can it scale up to the task of entirely replacing fossil fuels before we can build the nuclear plants that can give the same output?
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Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future
by pfdietz on Thursday June 16, 2022 @01:54PM
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Yes. Scaling up solar and wind is much easier. Nuclear reactors require very heavy industry (look at what's needed to forge the reactor pressure vessel of a PWR). Nuclear also requires much higher quality manufacturing. A 1% failure rate on PV modules is acceptable. A 1% failure rate on reactor components is not.
Installing wind and solar is also much easier than installing NPPs. Solar installation does not require expensive highly trained labor, again because the installations are robust to installation mistakes.
Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future
by Andrew_nenakhov on Thursday June 16, 2022 @08:06PM
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> Solar installation does not require expensive highly trained labor
That's why the number of solar power related deaths (Mainly, falling from roofs) far exceeds the single fatality from nuclear related incidents we had this century.