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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by andrewmutz on Saturday July 30, 2022 @05:30PM (#32290527)
Do you have a source on the France vs Germany thing?

France uses 20x less coal than Germany to begin with (https://www.worldometers.info/coal/coal-consumption-by-count...) so I'm not sure about the comparison of reducing consumption

Also, during the recent conflict with Russia, Germany is turning coal plants back online and France is not.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by ncmncm on Saturday July 30, 2022 @07:35PM (#32291459)
France is right now buying coal-fired power from across borders.

Domestic coal consumption figures are meaningless.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by thrown_22 on Saturday July 30, 2022 @08:08PM (#32291679)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_France

That's wrong. France is a net exporter of power, by over 50%. So even on aggregate it is a net benefit to the world since 90% of the power generated is CO2 free.

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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by ncmncm on Saturday July 30, 2022 @10:24PM (#32292575)
France exports energy when the rivers are cold enough to operate their nukes. Rivers are just now close to maximum temperature.
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Re:US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor de... by thrown_22 on Saturday July 30, 2022 @11:20PM (#32292838)
Yes and? French electricity is 10 times less CO2 intensive to produce than German. Given that France exports 30% more electricity to Germany than they import it reduces the carbon footprint of both countries.
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