Asia and Africa turn to nuclear power as Iran war sparks energy crisis (www.independent.co.uk)
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inari@piefed.zip on 17 Apr 09:52 collapse

Sure, money is no problem for Asia and Africa, right?

Let’s blow money on something that will produce results after 20 years for much more money than renewables + storage (if it doesn’t get canceled along the way after delays and cost overruns)

BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world on 17 Apr 10:46 next collapse

Nuclear does have other little bonuses.

inari@piefed.zip on 17 Apr 11:06 next collapse

Nothing that justifies a higher power bill than with renewables, and a new reliance on foreign fuel

limonfiesta@lemmy.world on 17 Apr 14:20 collapse

They’re referring to plutonium production, which many states, especially now, may consider a worthwhile justification for the extra expenditures.

Schnabeltierplaisir@feddit.org on 17 Apr 11:20 next collapse

I think that you dont actually need nuclear power stations if you are reeeaaally into huge fireworks

dubyakay@lemmy.ca on 17 Apr 14:58 collapse

I’m surprised now that NK has nukes but no nuclear power plants. They are nearly all hydro.

Gsus4@mander.xyz on 17 Apr 16:20 collapse

They don’t really need a lot of power…

dubyakay@lemmy.ca on 17 Apr 16:25 collapse

They actually produce a lot of power via hydro.

Gsus4@mander.xyz on 17 Apr 18:13 collapse

1.5GW in hydro (+1GW in coal) app.electricitymaps.com/map/…/fifteen_minutes

PS: 1GW is roughly enough for 1M people.

ryannathans@aussie.zone on 17 Apr 12:09 collapse

Like they can’t be bombed in war

IncogCyberSpaceUser@piefed.social on 17 Apr 16:30 collapse

Nuclear powerplants take that long because of extreme regulations, many of which are just total nonsense. They can be built at reasonable speeds, especially newer tech.
The spent material storage is also a non issue.
It’s honestly the biggest fumble in terms of energy production in the last decades. We fucked it.

redsand@infosec.pub on 17 Apr 17:24 collapse

And this assumes China doesn’t figure out liquid salt reactors which seems likely at this point.