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ONE station has SEVERAL units

I meant it's irrelevant in the context of reactors not in general

It's easier to keep them stealthy vs getting it from a reactor that operates under special conditions where Russia definitely helped, especially under current IAEA rulling

Proliferation is irrelevant. It was not a Candu reactor what India have used and without Russia's help it's unlikely it would have happened. But there are easier and cheaper pathways - uranium enrichment distributed to be stealthy

Related to US, it'll happen sooner or later https://www.nucnet.org/news/atkinsrealis-to-begin-licensing-...

Looking at past few days, I wouldnt say it's on it's way to be solved https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/AU-SA/live/hourly

SA has highest household prices in Australia (or close to the top at least)

Most dangerous phase of the waste is first ±300y. Afterwards most radiation is low energy and most of the danger would come from ingestion like with any toxic chemical

The design was bad in the sense they backported generator placement from US BWR projects in basement. It makes sense in US but risks in Japan are different

Yes, radiation killed zero. Evacuation - thousands

Ren= renewables. Hualong is the domestic Chinese reactor design

I mean these https://www.opg.com/news-resources/newsroom/our-stories/stor...

https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1007558/ontario-delivers-...

Yes, canada aproved repository site. Similar to Onkalo

it doesnt suck as much as fossils https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/DE/live/fifteen_min...

depends if you like gas/coal or not https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/DE/live/fifteen_min...

Enrichment is already more or less done by Orano and Urenco. They could expand faster if assured that EU bans russian imports

Also relevant - all recent Canadian refurbs were on time and budget

UK's regulations are so bad that even Hitachi pulled out from building ABWR

It's less about money and more about timeline risks. Canada's BWRX will cost per MW by plan more than French flamanville with all delays. But unlike Flamanville it has chances to be put on the grid faster

because opex is cheaper. Modularity can be achieved in large units too

you can create even more jobs with ren. But not all jobs are the same. With ren you compete with China. With nuclear - you are somewhat protected since many don't like the idea of a hualong near them

Barakah took about 8y/unit. But local projects are expected to take less. Part of the reason is precedent govts were willing to ditch the industry entirely like Germany

it's one thing to have regulation that makes sense and it's another thing to have regulation that doesnt do much. UK is prime example with HPC

The problem is more about Chernobyl affecting global nuclear deployments imo

Proliferation is not much related to plants. It's cheaper to build a weapon with distributed enrichment capacity for uranium in some caves.

Chernobyl was triggered by humans but the ultimate problem was it's design. And it shows - Fukushima was triggered by tsunami, but ultimate problem was again the design. But since the design was much better, the impact is much milder vs Chernobyl

No, it's ok if you schedule maintenance during summer. And with more AC adoption you'll partially reduce this heavy swing. Nuclear at 60%cf is still economical. The problem arises if your plant takes 20y and 20bn to build

You can see how you dont need nuclear with your strategy today in Germany https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/DE/live/fifteen_min...

TMI cleanup costed 1bn, so far lower than the secondary insurance amount. Fukushima cleanup will take less. Most exclusion areas were lifted (with delays but still). JP already wants to extract unmelted fuel elements to gain xp to later do it with the rest. Ukraine is less lucky - recent russian strikes destroyed part of the equipment meant to extract corium.

Germany spent so far on EEG alone double the cost of entire french fleet. You can see the results. Not just financial https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10640-025-01002-z

It could take much less in Canada. And recent refurbs being on time and budget are encouraging. We'll see in fact Canada's capacity to deliver sooner, but not in Canada - Romania already signed for Cernavoda expansion to a full 4 unit plant.

Canada has own supply chain and all recent refurbs were on time and budget.

Ironically, if SA contracted Korea for a npp (and if nuclear was legal there) at the same time as UAE, it'll probably be a net exporter of low carbon power by now.

Australia is expanding gas exploration even under current govt. Climate targets seem to be pushed back regardless

Spain has better weather, more hydro, cheap African gas and still nuclear. And emissions are worse

It's because you dont want to. Nuclear env impact is low https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/LCA_3_FINAL%20...

France has lower prices vs Germany and now, during peak summer heatwaves you can see who does best https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/DE/live/fifteen_min... . Germany spent on EEG alone so far double the cost of entire french fleet. Results are clear

HPC is not a rule but exception. And it'll work for more than 60 for sure. Existing nuclear is in fact cheap https://www.kkg.ch/de/uns/geschaefts-nachhaltigkeitsberichte... or check Lazard data for it

Nuclear mining is mostly insitu nowadays and has low env impact. Env impact of nuclear is low in general https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/LCA_3_FINAL%20... and mining requirements are minimal

VRE do still create hazards, but at different supply chain steps - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6nly288j4o

Decentralization is not a feature but a bug- it needs massive grid investments which drives up prices in a era where you want prices to be low for electrification. France has the best of both - decentralized grid but centralized groups of power. This way grid costs less

Nuclear can be recycled. It's not done because it's cheaper not to.

And ren alone are not sufficient. Countries that have both nuclear and ren are in best position. This can be seen today in case of Germany vs France/Sweden https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/DE/live/fifteen_min...

you can get cheaper power if you play the cards well. By this I mean sacrificing a bit nuclear CF but not too much. Also VRE can be paired with hydro up to it's capacity and the rest would be nuclear. This will give better results vs nuclear only grid