The Climate, Environment and Energy Thread

[ElwoodBlues1]

20 years ago when i was studying engineering, the lecturer was raving about how good Nuclear is and despite best intentions solar, wind etc they were nowhere near it. The major problem with it is public perception.


20 years on, nothing is changed.

We need to change the publics view on nuclear power and we can get rid of coal forever.

Agree..35 years ago I was studying Elec Engineering out at Swinburne and they said the same things.....Chernobyl created a lot of negatives for Nuclear though and its the go to argument for anti nukers.
Needless to say the plants that have been operating successfully and safely around the world are never mentioned...440 Reactors that produce about 10% of the worlds energy, France have really embraced the technology and generate 70% of their power this way or close to it.
Some Stats on all the different countries embracing the technology....
https://www.statista.com/statistics/2671...y-country/