Renewable and green are orthogonal. Renewable is important for long term availability of the resource, which is not a practical constraint for nuclear.
> which is not a practical constraint for nuclear.
It is very much a practical constraint for current nuclear reactors (whether traditional or SMR) whose uranium supply chains lead straight to problem zones [1].
Using conventionally mined uranium, traditional reactors would only provide 5 years of the world's electricity demand [2].
Seawater-extracted uranium could stretch into the thousands of years, but that is unproven at scale and cost. Similarly unproven are the fast breeder reactors needed to truly make the non-renewability of nuclear moot.
1. https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insight...
2. https://phys.org/news/2011-05-nuclear-power-world-energy.htm....
Re:How Bad Europe’s Energy Crisis Is
by Brometheus on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:49AM
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We have minutenreserveleistung (MRL) using wind in Germany, but this is not the best solution :joy:
Nuclear is zero carbon, but not renewable, and is a source of non dispatchable baseload.
Solar and wind are both zero carbon and renewable, but not dispatchable and not a baseload source.
Solar and wind plus storage are zero carbon, renewable, and also a source of dispatchable baseload.