Re:Wind farm in Germany is being dismantled to expand coal mine
by bumby on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @09:33AM
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>Why should the safety of old reactors depend on new reactors being built?
From the OP: >I'm sure the old ones would be replaced.
I think their point is that the old ones are still in use (sometimes extending their life rather than replacing them with better designs) because new ones aren't allowed to be built.
It's like banning new ICE designs and then complaining about how ICE aren't more efficient.
Re:Wind farm in Germany is being dismantled to expand coal mine
by ApolloFortyNine on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @03:56PM
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Well you're clearly pretty anti nuclear, would you allow the construction of a new reactor to replace the old?
The answer unfortunately is no, the fear mongering largely won out.
And you also seem to have forgotten the thread your in with your last statement.
Base load plus peak load is just one way to run electricity production. There is also load following for instance.
Germany replaced nuclear with renewables while also reducing both coal and fossil fuel use in general: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Energiemix_Deutsch...