Re:Japan to invest on nuclear energy in major policy shift
by Schroedingersat on Thursday December 22, 2022 @08:04PM
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This is the same set of tired lies.
90% EAF for nuclear is a complete fiction, even in the US it only looks that way because the nameplate value isn't increased when expensive upgrades are made so you're averaging 120% output for 75% of the year with 30% or 0% in the rest. Before Fukushima, Japan's program was around 65%.
Cost for cost, a mixed renewable system will produce at least as much as a nuclear plant for at least as large a portion of the year.
Nuclear can be a good choice and probably is in this instance, but the only ideology here is the same set of slimy lies that the fake pro-nuclear crowd always uses to attack renewables.
90% EAF for nuclear is a complete fiction, even in the US it only looks that way because the nameplate value isn't increased when expensive upgrades are made so you're averaging 120% output for 75% of the year with 30% or 0% in the rest. Before Fukushima, Japan's program was around 65%.
Cost for cost, a mixed renewable system will produce at least as much as a nuclear plant for at least as large a portion of the year.
Nuclear can be a good choice and probably is in this instance, but the only ideology here is the same set of slimy lies that the fake pro-nuclear crowd always uses to attack renewables.