[SilverElfin]

Why shut them down? Older generation reactors? A lot of other countries are extending the lives of older reactors successfully and with far less cost and delay than a brand new plant.

Except China, who is good at building them.

[amarant]

To get political points from the anti nuclear crowd, which is huge in Europe. I think proximity to Chernobyl is probably the reason why that movement has grown so badly out of proportion

[Eji1700]

It’s a shockingly strong movement even still in the US. A lot of education growing up was about how nuclear sludge would ruin everything and basically every “green” movement would still fight nuclear tooth and nail through all sorts of scare tactics.

It’s only in the post climate change world that some are coming around to the reality that France exists and isn’t a smoking radioactive crater.

[eru]

The German Green party, which has taken part in national governments and is the biggest party in several states, has basically founded to oppose nuclear power.

[smitty1e]

Why? To appease those with extreme environmentalist views.

[slfreference]

Have you seen lately, that in order to win AI race, nobody [big tech especially] cares about climate anymore?

[smitty1e]

Why, yes! Yes, I have. And just wait until quantum superconductive block chain artifical general intelligence ushers in the Glorious Future!