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    La decisione di abbandonare il nucleare è stata un errore strategico, afferma Von der Leyen dell’UE


    La decisione di abbandonare il nucleare è stata un errore strategico, afferma Von der Leyen dell’UE

    https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/decision-turn-back-nuclear-was-strategic-mistake-eus-von-der-leyen-says-2026-03-10/

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    5. TraditionalAppeal23 on

      Despite the “phasing out”, Europe has more nuclear power than any other continent and several new nuclear power plants have in fact opened in the past few years like Flamanville-3 in France (France gets 70% of their electricity from nuclear btw), and the one in Finland, plus the many other under construction like hinkley point in the UK which has been delayed for decades now.

      This statement by von Der Leyen is just performative pandering, she knows people are pissed about energy prices so now she will attempt to bullshit the public and take the blame off her and put it on “anti nuclear” people. The energy problem is a lot more complicated and a few 35 year old power plants in Germany wouldn’t make a tiny bit of difference. In fact even if all electricity was nuclear, electricity is like just 15% of energy consumption, we’d still be getting absolutely fucked by the oil prices right now.

    6. tranbun on

      Did EU ever turn it’s back on nuclear? I recall Germany did, but France continued to build new stations, Finland has built new one recently. It may not have been popularized as much as PV/wind, but it was country-level decision in most cases.

    8. AtraVenator on

      Reddit told you this 10 fuckin years ago. Hopefully a consultant made good money on advices based on Reddit comments.

    9. OTDBKobalt on

      Can’t make this up … 2 years ago she said nuclear energy was not strategic for EU decarbonisation. She’s so German.

    11. No_Conversation_9325 on

      That was know from the start, but politicians did it anyway. So reopen now, what’s the problem?

    12. The-Choo-Choo-Shoe on

      Nuclear is so not clean so instead we’re burning coal for 50% of our power need, Germany in a nutshell. As a Swede, fuck you.

    15. SixEightL on

      Oh who would’ve thought that listening to Greta and gutting Europe’s electrical independence through nuclear would be fucking stupid.

      Gosh, almost as if the French knew something.

    17. dandotcomhacked69 on

      This is what happens when folk allow opinions to dictate policy over facts and knowledge.

    18. -S-P-E-C-T-R-E- on

      It’s hard to grasp the actual damage that Merkel caused not only Germany, but the entire Union.

    19. fbochicchio on

      She will change idea as soon as nuclear fuel prices will raise due to some international contingency.

    23. True_Inxis on

      In Italy, we had two referenda on nuclear: one in 1987, and one in 2011. Both expressed negative preference of the Italian population about the construction of nuclear plants on Italian soil.

      Now, the wisest of you would naturally ask: why did the vote of the average person have to be taken into consideration, for a policy about an industry so complex and so nuanced as nuclear energy generation? That’s a good point to make.

      Then, the most well-versed in recent history would be flabbergasted by the years the two referenda were held in: 1987 and 2011. Do you remember when the two most famous nuclear disasters took place? Yep. Chernobyl, 1986; Fukushima, 2011. One year before the first referendum, and just a few months before the second.

      Do I need to whip out my tinfoil hat?

    24. Dracogame on

      No shit Sherlock. Even the 15yo on Reddit knew before you did.

      Are you going to do something about it?

    25. OkKnowledge2064 on

      Yeah no shit. Now we are stuck with renewable energies that scale too slow and too expensive for the grid and gas/oil. Nuclear wouldve been the PERFECT transition

    26. FlolRyan on

      Before we can even think about new nuclear plant, we have to topple the monopoly of Rosatom.

      Better we put our ressources in the developments of powercells.

    27. Frosty-Cell on

      Was very well known at the time or even prior to that. What other “decisions” are they making that are complete nonsense? Chat Control?

    29. trzepet on

      Ok. FCK germans in this case and just build NPP in Ukraine and drag bigass cable through Poland to zee germans

    32. win_some_lose_most1y on

      NO. Don’t start building nuclear now, it’s too late.

      Build green renewable energy ( wind, solar, ect….)
      Nuclear is now old tech and renewables are 4 times more efficient per billion spent.

      I really hate the technocrats of the eu sometimes

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