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Re:The First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Was Just Approved... by geysersam on Saturday August 06, 2022 @06:52PM (#32372313)
I'm glad the issues in France won't have too bad of an impact. But that's somewhat besides the point. The cause of the electricity shortage is the enormous overreliance on Russian gas and oil. It's not about renewables vs. Nuclear.

The comment I responded to argued nuclear is superior in a situation of crisis, and selects as an example a natural disaster. Wanted to point out that this seems to depend rather sensitively on the kind of crisis.

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Re:The First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Was Just Approved... by kbenson on Sunday August 07, 2022 @01:11PM (#32377955)
No, I didn't argue nuclear anything. I merely noted that I would be worried about relying on a resource which we might expect to get scarce during a time when energy instability is already high.
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