France and the end of Atomic power

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Re: France and the end of Atomic power

Post by JimC » Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:53 am

Energy storage and the evening-out of electrical supply is an issue, but one that is technologically solvable if the political will is there.
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Re: France and the end of Atomic power

Post by rainbow » Thu Jul 02, 2020 12:20 pm

JimC wrote:
Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:53 am
Energy storage and the evening-out of electrical supply is an issue, but one that is technologically solvable if the political will is there.
True but nukes and fossil have a lot of lobbying power.
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Re: France and the end of Atomic power

Post by NineBerry » Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:54 pm

NineBerry wrote:
Mon Jun 29, 2020 6:02 pm
With global warming looming around the corner, nuclear is a very unreliable option. Nuclear requires constant cooling with water. That's why you have to build them close to water, either at a large river or near the coast.

River -> dry summers in central Europe -> Dry rivers -> nuclear cannot operate.
Coast -> Rising sea levels -> -> Storm floods -> High risk of Fukushima II.
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French nuclear capacity could be curtailed by 2.6GW for most of this week because of unseasonably warm weather, state-controlled utility EdF said.

The two units at the 2.6GW Golfech plant may be disconnected from the grid on 31 July-2 August owing to "temperature forecasts on the Garonne". Water from the river is used to cool the plant.
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Re: France and the end of Atomic power

Post by L'Emmerdeur » Mon Aug 03, 2020 2:28 am

Some possibly good news, or at least I'd like to think of it as such.

'Power from an artificial sun: Fusion reactor project aims to provide clean energy'
The assembly of the ITER fusion reactor began in the south of France this week in what has been called the biggest science project in human history. It is hoped the reactor will be able to produce clean energy using the same process that fuels the sun.

ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) is an international project that hopes to create clean energy from hydrogen fusion, the same process that occurs naturally in the heart of the sun.

Fusion will be obtained through a mixture of two hydrogen isotopes, heated to a temperature of around 150 million degrees.

"In this space we are going to have a machine in the heart of which a small sun will burn, to put it very simply. This small sun will generate energy. We will use that energy to create electricity,” ITER spokesperson Robert Arnoux told AFP.

A long sought-after alternative to fossil fuels such as coal and gas, hydrogen fusion generates no long-term waste, says ITER, while the fuels needed to create fusion are found in seawater and lithium, and so readily available.

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Re: France and the end of Atomic power

Post by pErvinalia » Mon Aug 03, 2020 3:24 am

Saw an article on this last week and was going to post about it. There was a quote from a Professor Bigot in there. Title was going to be "ITER Fusion Reactor Begins Construction, Says Bigot"... :hehe:
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Re: France and the end of Atomic power

Post by NineBerry » Mon Aug 03, 2020 5:07 am

They should delay the experiment. 2020 isn't a good year do something like that

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Re: France and the end of Atomic power

Post by Sean Hayden » Mon Aug 03, 2020 5:11 am

:lol: :sigh:

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