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    1. IIIIIlIIIIIlIIIII on

      With the decline of the prices of batteries I can understnad why you won’t want to build an expensive plant.

    2. ZwiebelLegende on

      Because the Green and Socialist Party would block every attempt in the parliament.

    5. Deepfire_DM on

      Just imagining building a multi million Euro NPP controlled by the ministress of incompetence is a thing nightmares are made of.

    6. ntropy83 on

      Finally something our chancellor is good at, while the rest of Europe lost its economic and sustainable faculties

    7. BillyWillyNillyTimmy on

      Because it would be extremely expensive to get the power plants running again. Every pipe needs to be inspected and replaced, and there are tens of thousands of them. German inspections are no joke.

      Also the greens would block it.

    9. Peetoar on

      Doesn‘t make any sense as it takes 20 years anyway until a new one is built.

      And you need a place for it and no one wants one around them.

      Also there‘s no further incentive regarding nuclear (France, Britain have their military adventures with it), which Germany doesn‘t have. So both of them have other incentives to have the personell workforce for this.

      Has it made sense to shut the others down? No. Do they have a limited lifetime anyway? Yes.

      Does it make sense to build new ones? If you want one in 2045, sure.

    12. ghedeon on

      No Russian gas, no nuclear, on what exactly Germany plans to run its economy? Vegan farts?

    13. Jersey_2019 on

      Remember this is not even about safety , France and other countries have reacters close to German borders(closest one being 15km if iirc , they purchase electricity from them , if a meltdown does happen then Germany also get’s effected but the fact they don’t even complain about that possibility means it was never about safety , I am not even from west but I can’t stand Merkel even for a second , I am so happy for Frenchies for being rationale and not falling for the mob anti-nuclear propaganda ❤️

    14. Hushi88 on

      So Swedish costumers get to pay more for their electricity because of Germanys needed import of Swedish nuclear power! FU

    15. K3ndu on

      Yeah, theyll return to russian gas when the oppurtunity comes around again

    16. Slackeee_ on

      Because it doesn’t make sense. Let’s look at the actual data:
      – Olkiluoto 3 — Finland, planned build time and costs 5 years/3 billion Euro, actual build time and costs 17 years / 11 billion Euro
      – Flamanville 3 — France, planned build time and costs 5 years, 3.3 billion Euro, actual build time 17 years / 23.7 billon Euro
      – Hinkley Point C — UK, still in construction, was planned to be ready in 2025 for 18 billion Pound, now estimated to be ready in 2030 for 35 billion Pound

      And this won’t be different in Germany. A return to nuclear power just isn’t a viable option for Germany.

    17. Asckor_ on

      It’s not so surprising; it was a mistake to abandon nuclear power.
      But it would also be a mistake to go back to it.

      What would be the point?
      Renewable energy is working better and better, and the neighbor is filling the gap.

    18. Jackman1337 on

      Obviously, it’s an outdated extremely expensive energy source. (To build and ongoing) 0 reason to go for it now. Just look at the new UK plants.

    19. sisali on

      You’d think SMRs would be pretty perfect for Germany, could be prefabricated, and plopped down close to heavy industry to act as your baseload.

      Solar and wind + batteries are simply not reliable enough yet to guarantee the kind of supply you need for everything, you need a solution to provide that baseload.

    21. Niemand772 on

      Two wrongs don’t make a right.

      Going back to nuclear means building new plants. Is always an option and if the pressure is high enough, this can be done faster than 20 years.

      But it is an expensive technology, only suitable for baseline power, not flexible. And we have no idea what will happen in de coming 20 years. Maybe batteries based on other technologies are 10 times cheaper and we can story solar power for half a years cost efficiently.

      Real experts will have to advise what the pro’s and cons are and then a good decision is needed what is most important and how much it may cost. Just yelling pro or anti will not help.

    22. Lucky_Difference_140 on

      In 10 years time, they’d say it was a mistake to stop Russian gas.

    23. FableBlaze on

      Guess we need to learn the limits of current energy storage the hard way…

    24. DearBenito on

      Gotta love how under any thread about energy the people from the country with the dirtiest and most expensive energy in western Europe want to school the people from the country with the cleanest and cheapest energy on how the energy transition should look like

      Debating Germans on the topic of energy is like debating gun control with Americans: you have better chances teaching calculus to a donkey

    27. Battlefleet_Sol on

      Nuclear energy is the most reliable, clean, and efficient source of power. Until something better is found, why would you want to build thousands of wind turbines in Germany and ruin the landscape? You can achieve the same output with a single reactor and cheaper costs

    28. Itakie on

      Good. It makes no sense to go nuclear right now if batteries are getting cheaper and cheaper.

      Even IF we could follow the Chinese and build a small one in 5 years (and good luck dealing with local protests because no one wants this in their own backyard), green energy would still be way cheaper and you don’t need the state to deal with the insurance problem. If private investors want to build a nuclear power station? Ok that’s cool. But good luck finding enough capital.

      If we look at Belgium, Poland and the UK, the costs are just too high. The guaranteed purchase price by the state is completely bonkers compared to the falling cost of batteries and storage systems. A 20 year guarantee when storage costs are falling ~40% each year?

    29. Amesbrutil on

      I am no expert on this topic but considering that Germany has almost the highest energy costs in Europe, even before the Russia Ukraine war something isn’t work well. Like I don’t care if my energy is coming from nuclear plants, coal plants or some magic box, just provide cheap energy. You can literally see the effects of having high energy costs when you look at the german economy. It has been in recession for years now and lots of major german companies stopped investing in Germany years ago. They prefer building new factories in nations with cheaper cost, which surprisingly also use nuclear power. So yea

    30. CertainMiddle2382 on

      Those morons could even say « maybe » and then do nothing and it would give them back some medium term leverage towards Russia at no cost.

      But no. Let’s kept being dumb.

    31. squeezymarmite on

      It’s ok, you can just buy electricity from France which is 70% nuclear generated.

    32. Jacabusmagnus on

      The world is going to end due to climate change according to many. But for ideological reasons and bureaucracy the same people wont restarts the single most stable and cleanest source of energy. Its almost as if they are lying or their claims are exaggerated.

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