Nuclear Power Was Once Shunned at Climate Talks. Now, It’s a Rising Star. | Growing worldwide energy demand and other factors have shifted the calculus, but hurdles still lie ahead.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/climate/cop29-climate-nuclear-power.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aE4.UHIS.u8YpGZSezg8b&smid=url-share

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  1. Pure nuke hype that will fail to materialize. It’s an industry in decline that keeps a PR hype machine going to convince governments to burn taxpayer dollars bankrolling one of the most expensive forms of energy with the longest construction timeframes. Billion dollar cost overruns, decade long delays and still no long-term storage of radioactive waste. It’s a distraction from cheap and abundant renewable energy plus storage. Don’t fall for it! Nuclear energy just siphons off valuable taxpayer dollars and hands it to corporations.

  2. We will struggle with their cooling, as rivers are warming up.

  3. I feel like a broken record saying that I think that we should focus mostly on renewables, storage, and grid upgrades. Nuclear can and should be part of the mix but I think we should go all in with fusion power instead of fission.

  4. Terrible idea, pushed by tech bros among others. They will tell us how it’s good for us, just like we’ve been told immigration is good for us. Then they will repeat their lies ad nauseam, until we accept said lies as reasonable, and true.

  5. We can do this allll with renewables at a fraction of the cost

  6. It takes ages to build one. They’re extremely expensive and power output requires loads of cool water. Maybe there is a place for them, but Nuclear should be a last resort in the move away from coal.

    “The IAEA table shows the number of reactors built by each country between 1991 and 2022, along with these units’ median construction time in months.

    Construction time starts with the first pouring of concrete and ends when the unit is connected to the grid. This period includes the entire month in which construction began and the entire month in which the reactor was connected.”

    Comanche Peak-2 connected to grid in 1993 took 18.4 years.
    Watts Bar-1 connected to grid in 1996 took 22.7 years.
    Watts Bar-2 connected to grid in 2016 took 20.8 years.
    Vogtle-3 connected to grid in 2023 took 10.1 years.
    Vogtle-4 connected to grid in 2024 took 10.4 years.
    AVERAGE 16.5 years

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