There is one issue that all nuclear plants have and that Sabine didn’t address, and that’s the huge consumption of water that all thermal plants have. Building nuclear or any thermal plants near a source of coolant water is necessary, and that can become a major conflict when most populated areas are also near water.
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This article is from 2016. It says almost half of Europe’s NPPs are set to close “in the next decade” which would be by 2026, so essentially 5 years. The bill for nuclear waste disposal is more than half of the cost. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/04/europe-faces-253bn-nuclear-waste-bill Yet the article says the NPPs may be replaced. Today, now that
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The rest of the world is planning on building hydrogen generation infrastructure for replacing fossil fuels. This is an interesting article about plans in Europe and Australia. https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/05/07/the-hydrogen-stream-more-hydrogen-for-the-ports-of-rotterdam-and-antwerp/
This is amazing and very good news. A huge $6.7 Billion, 2 GW off-grid wind generating and hydrogen generating facility will be built in Europe. https://www.rivieramm.com/news-content-hub/news-content-hub/hydrogen-fuel-cells-ordered-for-euro585bn-european-transportation-project-61079
