[panick21_]

Air-cooling is possible. This only effect certain type of reactor. As soon as you go to higher temp reactor air-cooling is very efficient.

And even in France this was only a problem because of their terrible delayed maintenance.

> France is about the best existing case for nuclear, incidentally.

No it isn't. France has done essentially nothing for 30+ years. Has done little maintained, their reactors aren't up to date.

The generation after the generation that built the reactor has always resented the system and wanted to rip it out. They literally decided to retire it by 2035 despite having no plan to replace it.

[ceejayoz]

> No it isn't. France has done essentially nothing for 30+ years. Has done little maintained, their reactors aren't up to date.

I mean, we aren’t disagreeing.

They’re the best case, and that’s not great. It a bit like true communism - real success is just over that next hill.