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Re:UK's first small nuclear power station to be built in nor... by happymellon on Sunday November 16, 2025 @06:59AM (#45944440)
The current "real world constraint" is purchasing gas from Russia.

Yeah, nuclear is better than that.

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Re:UK's first small nuclear power station to be built in nor... by ViewTrick1002 on Sunday November 16, 2025 @07:05AM (#45944478)
Almost all of Europe has stopped buying Russian gas? The exception being nuclear powered France. [1]

You also do know that we despite 19 sanctions packages still haven’t been able to sanction the Russian nuclear industry? We’re just too dependent on it.

[1]: https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/eu-talks-tough-russian-lng-...

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Re:UK's first small nuclear power station to be built in nor... by realusername on Sunday November 16, 2025 @08:56AM (#45945183)
The French gas plants have been built to support renewables, France didn't have almost any gas plants prior 2010.

There's no sanctions on the Russian nuclear industry because it's a rounding error financially compared to gas or petrol.

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Re:UK's first small nuclear power station to be built in nor... by bauble12 on Sunday November 16, 2025 @09:53AM (#45945544)
The thing Ive never quite understood is that the UK has no domestic supply of uranium.
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Re:UK's first small nuclear power station to be built in nor... by cjrp on Monday November 17, 2025 @05:05AM (#45952275)
Canada, Australia and Germany are all big exporters; without tempting fate, I don't think the UK will have issues importing from those countries.
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