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by Moldoteck 38 days ago
You can see how you dont need nuclear with your strategy today in Germany https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/DE/live/fifteen_min...

TMI cleanup costed 1bn, so far lower than the secondary insurance amount. Fukushima cleanup will take less. Most exclusion areas were lifted (with delays but still). JP already wants to extract unmelted fuel elements to gain xp to later do it with the rest. Ukraine is less lucky - recent russian strikes destroyed part of the equipment meant to extract corium.

Germany spent so far on EEG alone double the cost of entire french fleet. You can see the results. Not just financial https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10640-025-01002-z