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Nuclear capacity is expected to rise by 14% by 2030 and surge by 76% to 686 GWe by 2040, the report said

This is only good news if it displaces thermal coal and gas generating stations.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The space might be available in the US, but it's not in Europe.

The co2 emission from nuclear is less than from renewables. That's a hard fact.

Lithium extraction is as bad a uranium.

The quantities needed to build solar or wind are far larger than for nuclear. And need to rebuild them twice or three times more often.

You need to stop to make up fantasies about renewables.