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Re:Michigan could provide $300M to reopen nuclear power plant by himinlomax on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @05:50AM (#35611905)
Yeah, one year in nearly 40 years of massive nuclear use there was a problem that required maintenance and suddenly Germany's megatons of coal pollution are not a problem. Note that the maintenance is almost completely over (just a few reactors are off), but still.

Also, do you know how many people died in France over 40 years due to a nuclear power accidents? 0.

How many died due to German coal pollution? It's at least in the tens of thousands.

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Re:Michigan could provide $300M to reopen nuclear power plant by MichaelNolan on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @10:41AM (#35614649)
It was only a small jest on the word “now”. France certainly made the correct choice back in the 70s to go all in on nuclear.

Though they have a rough road ahead of them. The fleet is getting old. Most likely the share of nuclear power in France will drop going forward.

Again we should all applaud France for making the right call in the 1970s.

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