MurrPractical t1_j5yzrb0 wrote on January 26, 2023 at 3:30 PM

Reply to comment by djdefekt in A small modular nuclear reactor just got US approval — a big milestone. by Natural_Dark_2387

Over a long enough time frame, nuclear is dirt cheap.

Renewables are only cheap if you ignore the fact that we still need electricity when the wind isn't blowing or its night time.

All of Europe is currently realising this. Renewables only make sense on a large scale when you have cheap battery storage which currently does not exist.

djdefekt t1_j60t7ol wrote on January 26, 2023 at 10:20 PM

Nope. Nuclear is hella expensive and ultra unreliable. Economiocally unviable at any scale.

The sales people from the nuclear reactor companies (and their shills on Reddit) talk up how very cheap nuclear is, but the reality really is they are prohibitively expensive to build, certify run and maintain, and this results in very expensive power compared to renewables.

The suite of available renewables (wind, solar, tidal, geothermal, hydro) paired with STORAGE (all kinds and plenty exists, there are several exisiting and under construction where I live) is the future of our energy requirements, full stop.

If Europe is realising one thing now it's that Nuclear is incredibly unreliable. More than half of Frances nuclear plants are currently not operational due to corrosion and maintenance issues.

Nuclear is just steam age technology with extra steps and will die a death from natural causes (economic mainly) in the next decade.

compgene t1_j660b9h wrote on January 27, 2023 at 11:21 PM

“Ultra unreliable”

Disqualifying statement. I will proceed to ignore everything else you’re saying. Take care.

djdefekt t1_j6698jl wrote on January 28, 2023 at 12:25 AM

>50% of the French nuclear reactors offline over the past 12 months due to warm weather (can't run in the heat?), corrosion and maintance issues. This is where the standard 300%+ cost overruns and expensive power comes from with Nuclear. Not even cheap on paper, horribly expensive in practice.

Perfect. No need for your disinfo and industry shilling here. Begone bot.