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by littlecranky67 206 days ago
Comparing those old conventional reactors to MSR is not suitable at all. And they were not fully functional past their expiry date.
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> And they were not fully functional past their expiry date.

Most of Germany's Nuclear Power Plant could have run for many additional decades. Especially the Konvoi-PWRs from the 80's

Us is extending licenses to 80y, heck Switzerland extended benzau to 64y. The expiry date talk is pure nonsense. German nuclear had excellent CF and extremely advanced safety, incl double containment
> Comparing those old conventional reactors to MSR is not suitable at all

It is given we're talking about perceptions. I see no evidence Germany's Greens are suddently rational when it comes to modern reactor designs, of which MSRs are one.

It's not just greens. Decision is jointly made by most parties. Spd is antinuclear. Cdu doesnt care. Afd probably just uses populism