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Re:Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered... by nisa on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @01:56PM (#32086347)
The amount of shilling for nuclear energy on this site is never ceases to amaze me. It's just more expensive than alternatives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics_of_nuclear_power_pla... and the costs related to storing fuel, decommission old reactors and so on are also huge and paid by the taxpayer.
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Re:Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered... by drited on Thursday July 14, 2022 @07:06AM (#32094380)
Are you seriously claiming that saying closing existing nuclear is stupid is 'shilling' for nuclear?

New nuclear is expensive. Existing nuclear is not.

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Re:Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered... by _-david-_ on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @02:49PM (#32087105)
Nuclear is reliable and can run 24/7.

Wind and solar cannot guarantee production. This means you need storage. The problem with storage is you need to determine how much you want. If you decide on 1 month of storage what happens when you have limited wind and sun for a month and you are running out of stored power?

Nuclear doesn't have that problem. This is why nuclear is a must in the future.

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