• Photonic@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Well, most of the time you would be right indeed. Uranium fuel rods are solid. But in a molten-salt reactor the fissile material is actually dissolved in molten salt, so it is a solution!

      The more you know!

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          Nope, they’re less expensive too because they don’t need to operate at high pressures like PWRs, so they don’t need a whole containment structure around it to keep the pressure in and they are more efficient because they can run at higher temperatures.

          Research is expensive, but once that’s done (which we are nearing), the life cycle costs are lower with increased efficiency.

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      It’s also now more expensive than renewables. And it has always been less safe. There is literally no reason to build nuclear anymore. Renewables is the way to go. Cheaper, safer, makes Europe energy-independent, and also much better for the environment.

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    3 months ago

    Wow, all that super stable, super reliable base load energy is just mindblowing!! Let’s build more nuclear power plants!

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      Let’s build more nuclear power plants!

      If we had done that early on we wouldn’t have global warming and there wouldn’t be a cool water shortage.

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      3 months ago

      This is just the beginning.

      This is the least heat and the most water we’ll have for the rest of our lives.

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        I live in west europe and am young enough to possibly experience colder summers and more extreme cold and rain in winter.