we could stick a nuclear reactor in Larne and no one would notice
Yes, energy costs in Ireland are ridiculous, even before the current crisis. The 18for0.ie explain really well why building nuclear power plants in Ireland is a good idea.
Irish people don’t trust themselves with nuclear. They know they can’t say “it will be grand” with nuclear.
Does anyone realise the cost of building a nuclear power plant. Could be about €20 billion euro with current construction costs. So I don’t think anyone would support that.
Since where not under much threat from invasion I would. I think it’s an excellent idea if we should have nuclear power while we slowly wean ourselves off of fossil fuels.
And we should put it up right next to the border because that’d be hilarious.
Nuclear power plants are too slow to build on the timeframe we need to deal with climate change. So it would be better to invest the same funds into solar and wind and offset a lot more carbon in the short term.
I’m happy to be corrected on that.
Absolutely. Current times finally opened eyes to many how important energy independence is and with ever increasing energy demand we need alternative sources to fulfill demand. More data centers are being built and soon there will be more affordable electric cars. Solar and wind won’t be enough.
I’d rather spend the money on green renewable sources of energy.
When nuclear power is done safely its amazing.
But if it goes wrong…it could leave half the country uninhabitable.
Maybe but we should increase wind/tidal. We are a windy island nation, should be exploiting that more.
I would, but I don’t think it’d make any difference. The ESB could get electricity for free, yet they’d still gouge the punter on price. They’ve even introduced a low usage penalty for those who’ve put in home solar. It’s almost like they don’t want you to do so 😉
I wonder how many of the people in favour of nuclear would be ok with living beside a plant?
I think it probably makes more sense to buy nuclear from Frances grid once the Celtic interconnector is completed.
Yes
I would support nuclear power in ireland but it has to be run by the government and not private business , (private business cut corners ) , u can’t have that with nuclear power that why I’m say run by the goverment
No. Never.
Over my decomposing corpse
If there was zero chance of a nuclear meltdown and it guaranteed that electricity bills would go down. Then yes, but I can’t see energy prices going down.
Yes of course.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I think uranium creates 2 or 3 million times more power per kg than coal. Obviously its not the end solution, but there is no co2 emissions in the creation of power, only in the creation of the plant itself. You’d be surprised how bad batteries are for the environment and people. Just look up coltan mines in the drc, or the copper and lithium mines in Chile and you’ll get the idea.
A solution which I think they might have in Scotland or Wales somehere would be to use renewable energy (wind solar tidal etc) to pump massive amount of water up hill to a large reservoir and then when there is a lack of energy being produced renewably have the water filter down and produce electricity just like a damn
If the metro would cost 9.5 billion (probably 3 times that) imagine a nuclear plant.
Yes I would definitely support it.
England is trying a small football stadium sized plants that would be very good for ireland. Imagine placing one in a strategic area to get the most amount of power to most amount of people.
BUT I don’t trust our government to do it right. Too much “we have to put it in my consistency!” and “not in my back yard!”
I don’t know if it would work economically in Ireland (not that I don’t think it would, I genuinely just don’t know) but if it did, absolutely. Nuclear Energy is cleaner, safer and more efficient than fossil fuels by a huge margin.
If it’s going to take us another 15 years to build the metro I don’t imagine we’ll have nuclear plants anytime soon. To answer the questions, I am in full support for these plants, even if there was one near my house. A lot of people don’t understand how these things work and they’re actually safer than people think.
Do we have the scale? Wouldn’t it make more sense to create an EU wide policy? Seems the only country with a serious nuclear programme are the French
Leitrim will have a purpose at long last
Clean and cheap power is the key thing for me, and nuclear is pretty damn expensive currently per GWh.
Yes, because our fossil fuel love in is special and so hard break
Have read what it took to make an RBMK reactor explode.
Yes.
The design flaw in the reactor was a little more subtle than the series made it out to be
Yes
It’s one more step to saving the planet so yes
You get more radiation into the area around a coal power plant than a nuclear one.
Yes. Existing cutting edge nuclear tech is incredibly safe, it’s just extremely expensive, and takes a long time to build. Tjre are also thorium reactors.Ireland is a great.candidate as we don’t get earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis or.incompetent Russian overlords that have the potential to fuck it up.
Plus we are already in the ‘fucked if it blows’ zone for other countries reactors… so why not?
Absolutely.
Nuclear is the safest form of energy. It is the future.
Yes. As long as all safety protocols are followed openly with oversight. Replace moneypoint with a nuclear reactor.
If they can figure out a good solution for the waste. Right now it’s being stored on site at most plants. It lasts thousands of years and a spill or terrorist attack on them would be devastating.
Only if I can get a handy job like Homer.
Too many NIMBYs in Ireland for it to over happen.
Just look at the North-South interconnector, a simple transmission line. Planning started in the mid 2000s and its still nowhere near construction stage due to it going through so many court hearings by NIMBYs who are opposed to it.
Done safe? And compared to what? Doing it cheap and flimsy while everybody is blackout drunk? 😄 I believe people try to do nuclear power as safe as possible by default.
I hate how people are super ignorant about nuclear power, like it’s is 100% the Segway we need to get to full renewables
This is also a bad way to show nuclear power. Modern reactors do not use cooling towers like these.
People need to get away from the idea that nuclear power is bad/unsafe. Personally I think it should be a major percentage of how we power our lives. Has there been catastrophic events, yes there have been, but I think by learning from them coupled with modern technology and ideas they can provide ample power at lower prices. I’m not from or ever have been to Ireland, just passing by this post.
Wind, solar and hydro first. If nuclear is needed bring it on. Would love to see huge dams built on the west coast to harness tidal energy.
Beats a coal plant.
Absolutely. The nuclear power plants of today are not the same as even 10 years ago. These aren’t even in the same class as any that has had any issues in the past.
America here, it actually comes out on top in terms of land use when we talk about the free energy options. If you are an island nation that might matter a bit.
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wind isnt as good as people think
tidal is promising
fusion is a pipe dream (for now)
oil and gas are shite
undersea methane is just oil and gas little bro
we don’t have the capacity for thermal.
we could stick a nuclear reactor in Larne and no one would notice
Yes, energy costs in Ireland are ridiculous, even before the current crisis. The 18for0.ie explain really well why building nuclear power plants in Ireland is a good idea.
Edit: Nuclear vs energy cost opinion: Podcast by David McWilliams – “The 2nd atomic age” https://deezer.page.link/AqeG4WWYBMANwwmY8
Irish people don’t trust themselves with nuclear. They know they can’t say “it will be grand” with nuclear.
Does anyone realise the cost of building a nuclear power plant. Could be about €20 billion euro with current construction costs. So I don’t think anyone would support that.
Since where not under much threat from invasion I would. I think it’s an excellent idea if we should have nuclear power while we slowly wean ourselves off of fossil fuels.
And we should put it up right next to the border because that’d be hilarious.
Nuclear power plants are too slow to build on the timeframe we need to deal with climate change. So it would be better to invest the same funds into solar and wind and offset a lot more carbon in the short term.
I’m happy to be corrected on that.
Absolutely. Current times finally opened eyes to many how important energy independence is and with ever increasing energy demand we need alternative sources to fulfill demand. More data centers are being built and soon there will be more affordable electric cars. Solar and wind won’t be enough.
I’d rather spend the money on green renewable sources of energy.
When nuclear power is done safely its amazing.
But if it goes wrong…it could leave half the country uninhabitable.
Maybe but we should increase wind/tidal. We are a windy island nation, should be exploiting that more.
I would, but I don’t think it’d make any difference. The ESB could get electricity for free, yet they’d still gouge the punter on price. They’ve even introduced a low usage penalty for those who’ve put in home solar. It’s almost like they don’t want you to do so 😉
I wonder how many of the people in favour of nuclear would be ok with living beside a plant?
I think it probably makes more sense to buy nuclear from Frances grid once the Celtic interconnector is completed.
Yes
I would support nuclear power in ireland but it has to be run by the government and not private business , (private business cut corners ) , u can’t have that with nuclear power that why I’m say run by the goverment
No. Never.
Over my decomposing corpse
If there was zero chance of a nuclear meltdown and it guaranteed that electricity bills would go down. Then yes, but I can’t see energy prices going down.
Yes of course.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I think uranium creates 2 or 3 million times more power per kg than coal. Obviously its not the end solution, but there is no co2 emissions in the creation of power, only in the creation of the plant itself. You’d be surprised how bad batteries are for the environment and people. Just look up coltan mines in the drc, or the copper and lithium mines in Chile and you’ll get the idea.
A solution which I think they might have in Scotland or Wales somehere would be to use renewable energy (wind solar tidal etc) to pump massive amount of water up hill to a large reservoir and then when there is a lack of energy being produced renewably have the water filter down and produce electricity just like a damn
If the metro would cost 9.5 billion (probably 3 times that) imagine a nuclear plant.
Yes I would definitely support it.
England is trying a small football stadium sized plants that would be very good for ireland. Imagine placing one in a strategic area to get the most amount of power to most amount of people.
BUT I don’t trust our government to do it right. Too much “we have to put it in my consistency!” and “not in my back yard!”
I don’t know if it would work economically in Ireland (not that I don’t think it would, I genuinely just don’t know) but if it did, absolutely. Nuclear Energy is cleaner, safer and more efficient than fossil fuels by a huge margin.
If it’s going to take us another 15 years to build the metro I don’t imagine we’ll have nuclear plants anytime soon. To answer the questions, I am in full support for these plants, even if there was one near my house. A lot of people don’t understand how these things work and they’re actually safer than people think.
Do we have the scale? Wouldn’t it make more sense to create an EU wide policy? Seems the only country with a serious nuclear programme are the French
Leitrim will have a purpose at long last
Clean and cheap power is the key thing for me, and nuclear is pretty damn expensive currently per GWh.
Yes, because our fossil fuel love in is special and so hard break
Have read what it took to make an RBMK reactor explode.
Yes.
The design flaw in the reactor was a little more subtle than the series made it out to be
Yes
It’s one more step to saving the planet so yes
You get more radiation into the area around a coal power plant than a nuclear one.
Yes. Existing cutting edge nuclear tech is incredibly safe, it’s just extremely expensive, and takes a long time to build. Tjre are also thorium reactors.Ireland is a great.candidate as we don’t get earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis or.incompetent Russian overlords that have the potential to fuck it up.
Plus we are already in the ‘fucked if it blows’ zone for other countries reactors… so why not?
Absolutely.
Nuclear is the safest form of energy. It is the future.
Yes. As long as all safety protocols are followed openly with oversight. Replace moneypoint with a nuclear reactor.
yes
Safely!
UCC had a small nuclear reactor for ages
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-10077085.html
Yes, new reactors are safe.
Yes.
If they can figure out a good solution for the waste. Right now it’s being stored on site at most plants. It lasts thousands of years and a spill or terrorist attack on them would be devastating.
Only if I can get a handy job like Homer.
Too many NIMBYs in Ireland for it to over happen.
Just look at the North-South interconnector, a simple transmission line. Planning started in the mid 2000s and its still nowhere near construction stage due to it going through so many court hearings by NIMBYs who are opposed to it.
Done safe? And compared to what? Doing it cheap and flimsy while everybody is blackout drunk? 😄 I believe people try to do nuclear power as safe as possible by default.
I hate how people are super ignorant about nuclear power, like it’s is 100% the Segway we need to get to full renewables
This is also a bad way to show nuclear power. Modern reactors do not use cooling towers like these.
People need to get away from the idea that nuclear power is bad/unsafe. Personally I think it should be a major percentage of how we power our lives. Has there been catastrophic events, yes there have been, but I think by learning from them coupled with modern technology and ideas they can provide ample power at lower prices. I’m not from or ever have been to Ireland, just passing by this post.
Wind, solar and hydro first. If nuclear is needed bring it on. Would love to see huge dams built on the west coast to harness tidal energy.
Beats a coal plant.
Absolutely. The nuclear power plants of today are not the same as even 10 years ago. These aren’t even in the same class as any that has had any issues in the past.
America here, it actually comes out on top in terms of land use when we talk about the free energy options. If you are an island nation that might matter a bit.