EU needs ‘colossal’ investment in new nuclear, says commissioner

11 comments
  1. No, we don’t.

    Spending that money on other energy sources gives a much bigger bang for the buck (or: faster CO2 reduction per euro invested, and cheaper energy to boot).

  2. *sniff sniff*

    You know what I smell?

    I smell billions of tax payer money to be “invested” in decades long projects that may or may not get completed by 2050.

    Ah isn’t it great being a corrupt politician…

  3. Boy i remember seeing they Iter presentation about fusion energy about 15 years ago. It was so exciting. Well fast forward to 2022 and we don’t have a good alternative to nuclear fission yet. I`m very disappointed in this future we live in.

  4. He’s not talking about concrete policy, just at a high level at this point.

    But I would venture to suggest that not closing down additional already-paid-for-and-working power plants ahead of lifetime schedule might be considered a small, low-risk, and reasonably-uncontroversial move.

  5. We also need to learn how to build efficiently.
    The EPR clusterfuck has done no favor to nuclear energy.

  6. Fun fact: germans are hipocrites. They are against nuclear and yet develop “arrificial sun” thing

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