Comment on Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power

• tenebrisnox@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Not true. The ones they used from the 1960s onwards were phased out by 2009. All were pretty much still in testing mode and never deployed at scale. The Superphenix (the last) was shut down over leaks and safety concerns. France’s nuclear are all now 100% Pressurised Water Reactors.

  So misinformation or worse, deliberate disinformation, in this thread.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ok then I’ll change a single letter of my previous comment.

    France had used breeder reactors for decades to great effect.

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    • tenebrisnox@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’d love you to define:

      to great effect

      when the reality was they remained small-scale, in testing phase, were dangerous and ultimately scrapped. Next you’ll be waxing lyrically about modular reactors.

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      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        They powered their country for years?

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