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Re:$22B project to provide 8% of UK energy via undersea cabl... by mohamedattahri on Thursday March 09, 2023 @06:11PM (#35088186)
Nuclear power plants are great, but you need to maintain an energy mix that doesn't make you dependent on a single source.

Consider the French nuclear infrastructure; by Sept 22, 32 of 56 reactors were off for maintenance or technical problems. Several reactors were affected by a welding issue that created cracks and made them inoperable.

Edit: typo.

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Re:$22B project to provide 8% of UK energy via undersea cabl... by hkt on Thursday March 09, 2023 @06:23PM (#35088304)
There's also the small matter of fuel. France sources most of its uranium from Niger. You can bet nobody is getting French standards of pay, healthcare, holiday, or pensions in those mines.
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Re:$22B project to provide 8% of UK energy via undersea cabl... by yodsanklai on Thursday March 09, 2023 @06:58PM (#35088614)
This argument applies to pretty much all sources of energy. Resources needed to build solar panels also don't come from France. And good luck to build those without relying on fossil fuel.

Regarding nuclear, the next generation of power plants could operate with uranium-238 which is very abundant.

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