Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants

Re:Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants by onlyrealcuzzo on Monday October 17, 2022 @03:16PM (#33238247)

Good thing they exported 15% of their domestic energy production to the friendly state of Russia - in the form of natural gas imports.

What could possibly go wrong?

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Re:Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants by bamboozled on Monday October 17, 2022 @03:40PM (#33238532)

It was the eco-friendly choice /s

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Re:Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants by Jon_Lowtek on Monday October 17, 2022 @05:53PM (#33240020)

96% of european uranium demand is met by imports, 4% is domestic, and 20% are imported from russia.

Source: Euratom Supply Agency - Annual Report 2021 - Page 14 https://euratom-supply.ec.europa.eu/publications/esa-annual-...

Also look at page 26ff which states that it would take years to replace current dependency on russia, not only in raw ressources, but also enrichment and recycling services.

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Re:Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants by onlyrealcuzzo on Monday October 17, 2022 @06:19PM (#33240244)

You can import 100% of Uranium from actual allies without problem.

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Re:Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants by Jon_Lowtek on Monday October 17, 2022 @06:38PM (#33240409)

the linked Euroatom Supply Agency Report says otherwise

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Re:Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants by onlyrealcuzzo on Monday October 17, 2022 @06:47PM (#33240504)

Russia is 19% of your Uranium imports. Larger for natural gas.

You can easily source that 19% from Canada, Kazakhstan, Australia, and the US instead of Russia.

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