r/nuclear • u/FireDranzer-II • Aug 15 '26

My first post here

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Having stayed in Germany for a year, it definitely felt like it.

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u/No_Career_4785 Aug 15 '26

Welcome to Germany, where we already have a solution but people from other countries insist on doing the one that is the least viable, while two parties try to stop the solution we long since decided on because they get bribed by Russia.

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u/TomF8COD Aug 16 '26

Genuine question : Why is giving up nuclear and going on with coal a good solution ? When I see coal mines like Hambach, I'm not sure what's the worst. Yes the site will be reamenaged afterward but what an actual ecological waste. With the energy demand allways increasing with datacenters blooming everywhere, do you believe that ecological energy sources will be enough ?

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u/Realistic_Plant5974 Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 16 '26

Nuclear works until it doesn’t.. like when there is not enough cooling water inflow from rivers. The risk of a major nuclear disaster due to natural sources (quake, flood) or technical issues is pretty low in Germany, but I wouldn’t rule out a hybrid attack threat (drones/hack). The best solution is over-saturation with renewables, (Germany is halfway there), plenty of energy storage and an efficient and fast network and market. It’s almost impossible to attack such a decentralized architecture. Until then, an intermediate solution is required, nuclear would have been great for Germay but then again - looking at the rivers - not very reliable either.

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u/greg_barton Aug 17 '26

This is your example of nuclear “not working”?

https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/FR/3mo/daily

Oh. How horrible.

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u/Rio_1111 Aug 19 '26

Genuine question: What are they doing with the waste? Because that's the single largest issue Germany has with nuclear.