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StoneColdCrazzzy t1_iuylm51 wrote

Reply to comment by 233C in Nuclear Shutdowns Have Already Harmed the Planet: Every year, avoidable nuclear power plant shutdowns release CO2 emissions equivalent to 37 African countries by 233C

> estimating that added global emissions from Germany’s nuclear phaseout alone will total 1100 Mt of CO2 by 2035

Did this study assume you could just keep on using a reactor designed for a 40 year life span until it was 55 to 65 years old?

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233C OP t1_iuynshh wrote

What a silly idea!
Everybody knows that's ridiculous, just ask:
USA, 88 out of 96 plants are already ready for 60 years, Turkey Point, (from 1972 and 73!), are good for 80 years, Peach Bottom, 1974, 80 years, Surry 1972-73, 80 years, about twenty others are lining up.
or Finland, Hungary, Slovenia/Croatia, Japan, Canada, South Africa, Mexico (65 years), Argentina (34 years? Power upgrage and get 30 more!).

Also, Germany used to think they could do it too.

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StoneColdCrazzzy t1_iuzumjd wrote

> Also, Germany used to think they could do it too.

Does that graphic show the "Laufzeitverlängerung", including shutdown and upgrade to increase the life span by a decade or two? I wonder what this paper includes. Does it just assume that you can keep on operating all plants, or does it take the Laufzeitverlängerung plan from early 2000s into account and calculate what that would have brought. In reality the phase out in Germany was decided in the 1980s by not building new plants. And in a way France has also decided to phase out or drastically reduce their nuclear share because they are not building or only very slowly building new plants.

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