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France’s nuclear fleet gives it one of the world’s lowest-carbon electricity grids
ourworldindata.org/data-insights/frances-nuclear-fleet-gives-it-one-of-the-worlds-lowest-carbon-electricity-gridsUnfortunately, thanks to the anti-nuclear lobby, we are in a situation where the current reactors will have to be shutdown before the new ones are available to take their place.
If we could deal with the waste that we’ve already got, that would instill some confidence, but the govt has basically shrugged. youtube.com/watch?v=nLUAN2Rev1E
Replying to @brianary@lemmy.zip
Nuclear waste is an already solved problem, we just have to use the solutions. The vast majority (>99%) can be recycled.
With more power than it generated?
Because it only replaces a environmental disaster with a future one. Still no (practical) way to handle the waste.
Yeah, the famous french anti-nuclear lobby. Those guys who control the french government with its nuclear weapons, who has also recently built a nuclear reactor. That government totally is controlled by the anti-nuclear lobby.
Or … maybe France tried upgrading its aging nuclear reactors with the new reactor in Flamanville, which went spectacular over budget? And debt ridden EdF simply has not the funds to build over 50 new reactors at 13 billion each?