silence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoUK nuclear plant hit by new multiyear delay and could cost up to £35bn | Latest overrun to Hinkley Point C a blow to UK energy plans and French constructor EDFwww.ft.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkUK nuclear plant hit by new multiyear delay and could cost up to £35bn | Latest overrun to Hinkley Point C a blow to UK energy plans and French constructor EDFwww.ft.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareVathsade@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoWe need to accept a premium for the cleanest and safest baseload generation we have.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoYou can build a lot of batteries for 35 billion. And those don’t produce waste that you have to store for millennia.
minus-squarexmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoSome modern nuclear reactor models produce less long-term waste than batteries.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoHypothetically. None of those are anywhere near to actually being built.
We need to accept a premium for the cleanest and safest baseload generation we have.
You can build a lot of batteries for 35 billion. And those don’t produce waste that you have to store for millennia.
Some modern nuclear reactor models produce less long-term waste than batteries.
Hypothetically. None of those are anywhere near to actually being built.