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France’s Flamanville 3 nuclear reactor, its most powerful at 1,600 MW, was connected to the grid on December 21 after 17 years of construction plagued by delays and budget overruns.

The European Pressurized Reactor (EPR), designed to boost nuclear energy post-Chernobyl, is 12 years behind schedule and cost €13.2 billion, quadruple initial estimates.

President Macron hailed the launch as a key step for low-carbon energy and energy security.

Nuclear power, which supplies 60% of France’s electricity, is central to Macron’s plan for a “nuclear renaissance.”

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[-] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Renewables are far cheaper and can be built faster and if they malfunction, no one is in danger.

France already has enough Nuclear to deal with no-sun and no-wind phases (if they work properly, which is the other problem with nuclear energy in France)...

So, there is literally no reason to waste tax payer money and time like this and to force yourself to import material from Russia. Just build renewables until we get fusion energy...

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Renewables cant produce an on-demand baseload supply without the addition of significant storage capacity.

[-] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 8 points 3 days ago

Baseload is by definition not on-demand, baseload is always there.

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