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Re:The lesson about the end of nuclear in Germany by mixermachine on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @06:37AM (#35711655)
France needs to buy electricity from Germany because reactors are down or can not function because the river used for cooling is to hot already. Water problems will get worse in the following years. The nuclear operating company is bankrupt and needed to be nationalized. Not really the best look for nuclear. In other countries it might work better.
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Re:The lesson about the end of nuclear in Germany by illiarian on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @06:42AM (#35711685)
> France needs to buy electricity from Germany because reactors are down or can not function because the river used for cooling is to hot already.

Right now electricity maps shows that France produces 60% of electricity from nuclear, imports zero from Germany, and exports 6% of generated electricity to UK.

Also right now Germany generates 26% from coal and 9% from gas.

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Re:The lesson about the end of nuclear in Germany by ikekkdcjkfke on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @07:06AM (#35711892)
Can anyone calculate how many million tonnes of co2 was created because the "greens" (reds) wanted to shut them down?
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Re:The lesson about the end of nuclear in Germany by mixermachine on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @06:56AM (#35711811)
Here is the historical data https://www.ceicdata.com/en/germany/electricity-imports-and-....
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Re:The lesson about the end of nuclear in Germany by illiarian on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @07:18AM (#35711973)
Doesn't this show how much Germany imports from France?
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Re:The lesson about the end of nuclear in Germany by mixermachine on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @02:50PM (#35718293)
I read it the other way but I can be wrong. Still Germany is reported as a net exporter: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/even-crisis-germany-....
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Re:The lesson about the end of nuclear in Germany by bayesian_horse on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @06:50AM (#35711745)
Just wait until the summer. Also exports from Germany to France did indeed decline due to the transition.
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Re:The lesson about the end of nuclear in Germany by bayesian_horse on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @06:52AM (#35711775)
Nuclear power projects are always finished late and way over budget.

There's definitely a pattern there.

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Re:The lesson about the end of nuclear in Germany by Moldoteck on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @07:03AM (#35711867)
How many plants were shut down because of water supply and how many due to planned maintenance and underinvestment of France govt last 10 or so years(bc of same 'green parties' as in Germany)? Asking because here I see there were only two (of 56 OPERATIONAL): https://www.thelocal.fr/20200825/france-authorities-shut-dow... but maybe you can find more info?
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Re:The lesson about the end of nuclear in Germany by illiarian on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @07:41AM (#35712120)
> How many plants were shut down because of water supply

0.18% of power generation

> how many due to planned maintenance and underinvestment of France govt last 10 or so years

And that is the main problem.

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