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Re:EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy by StopDisinfo910 on Friday September 12, 2025 @05:54PM (#45227216)
> The better options in my opinion are the places where you can use the landscape to your advantage.

We already do that. France notably has a lot of hydropower and they pump water up when they don’t want to shutdown a nuclear unit.

The issue is that there is very little places where you could build new dams in Europe and water shortage is becoming a regular occurrence.

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Re:EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy by hvb2 on Saturday September 13, 2025 @02:38PM (#45234316)
Not every dam has to be of the size of the Hoover dam. A single huge battery is also not practical.

Yes water shortage might be a problem if the river you're on runs dry. That's not often a problem though, plenty of major rivers. And a dam doesn't change the total amount that flows, it just changes when. As a result it might even help in lowering some flood risks.

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