• deegeese@sopuli.xyz
    913·
    10 months ago

    Actually I do. I was a nuclear booster in the 1990’s because it means cheap limitless pollution free power.

    Except that they don’t actually deliver on that promise. You can have safe nuclear or cheap nuclear, but if it’s safe it’s not cheap, and the public rightfully won’t accept something that can require evacuating hundreds of square miles for decades.

    So wise one, where are those cheap safe nuclear power plants we keep hearing about since 1950?

    • moomoomoo309@programming.devEnglish
      133·
      10 months ago

      In France. They standardized the designs so each one isn’t a one-off and they trained more people to work in the field.

      • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
        69·
        10 months ago

        Those are not at all cheap and are subsidized by enrichment for weapons purposes.

        France is trying to extend their service lifetime beyond what they were designed for because they can’t face the bill to replace them with newer reactors.

        • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          10 months ago

          and are subsidized by enrichment for weapons purposes in order to reprocess the waste into new fuel

          FTFY. That’s a good thing and we should be doing it here in the US, too.

    • Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works
      64·
      10 months ago

      So the user above me actually gave the the answer so kudos to them but to further answer your question, there are no actually cheap reactors because the fight to actually build one is so insanely expensive. Where I live they’d been trying to build a reactor for over a decade. Constant lawsuits and legal battles after already obtaining permits and everything. Its ballooned the cost by tenfold. Why? Because of constant NGO pressure from the likes of greenpeace. So congrats, you win. They aren’t cheap cause of the hell we’ve made for ourselves.

      • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
        25·
        10 months ago

        You’re blaming everyone else for nuclear’s failures.

        Why are even French nuclear plants badly over budget and late? Answer: Nuclear is expensive as fuck.

        • Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works
          62·
          10 months ago

          Are you unable to read or are you just ignoring what I’m saying on purpose. I told you why they’re badly over budget and late. This clearly is a dead conversation as you lack either a) reading comprehension or b) the ability to discuss in good faith.