Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant: Finished in 1978 but never used
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Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant: Finished in 1978 but never used
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Re: Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant: Finished in 1978 but never used
#2It’s mind boggling how a country can be so rich as to spend millions of manhours on a project and never use it. Maybe we have become too rich as a species.
Re: Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant: Finished in 1978 but never used
#3The irony is that a good chunk of Austria's electricity imports have a nuclear origin. Many of those reactors are a stone's throw away from the border.
Re: Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant: Finished in 1978 but never used
#4Since the article adds no value besides a rage bait, I would like to add that the resulting decision to not build any nuclear power plant without consulting the population first was a significant step for the Austrian population's participation in democratic processes. Resulting in for example this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Hainburger_A...
Re: Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant: Finished in 1978 but never used
#5imho (!) ...
nice articles ... but - there is always a but ;))
yes, part of it was the "anti-nuclear sentiment" ... but i would say, only a smaller part.
the "real" reason was internal austrian politics.
you have to know the background: during the 1970ties a left-leaning socialist government propelled the country into the future - implemented a large package of reforms -, after decades of societal backlash & stagnation following the 2nd world-war and at first only marginal influence of the late 60ties and early 70ties worldwide students protests etc.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Kreisky
so after zwentendorf was build chancellor kreisky throw all of his popular weight behind it and did something remarkable (i would say: stupid): he said, if the popular vote ends against zwentendorf, he will resign => the liberal-conservative austrian peoples party saw the light to get rid of him and invested heavily into this ... the rest is history...
just my 0.02€
Re: Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant: Finished in 1978 but never used
#6The irony is that a good chunk of Austria's electricity imports have a nuclear origin. Many of those reactors are a stone's throw away from the border.
There is no irony there at all.
Austria, just like many other European countries, are connected to a single grid which has all kinds of energies and where everybody buys on the European Energy Exchange.
This grid is what makes the rapid transition to renewable energies possible, and which shows that the base load scare is not more than just one of many FUD tools which aim at slowing down or stopping a transition which is already there in full force.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/10/...
Re: Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant: Finished in 1978 but never used
#7Would make an amazing set for a film.
Re: Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant: Finished in 1978 but never used
#8The irony is that a good chunk of Austria's electricity imports have a nuclear origin. Many of those reactors are a stone's throw away from the border.
There is no irony there at all. Austria, just like many other European countries, are connected to a single grid which has all kinds of energies and where everybody buys on the European Energy Exchange. This grid is what makes the rapid transition to renewable energies possible, and which shows that the base load scare is not more than just one of many FUD tools which aim at slowing down or stopping a transition whic…
The reliance of the Austrian power grid on nuclear energy, combined with their total refusal to produce it domestically is certainly ironic. This phenomenon also predates any notion of green energy transition by several decades.
Re: Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant: Finished in 1978 but never used
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is no irony there at all. Austria, just like many other European countries, are connected to a single grid which has all kinds of energies and where everybody buys on the European Energy Exchange. This grid is what makes the rapid transition to renewable energies possible, and which shows that the base load scare is not more than just one of many FUD tools which aim at slowing down or stopping a transition whic…
The reliance of the Austrian power grid on nuclear energy, combined with their total refusal to produce it domestically is certainly ironic. This phenomenon also predates any notion of green energy transition by several decades.
They don't rely on nuclear energy.
They rely on the grid. Just like the rest of the connected countries. Just like nuclear country France does.
What kind of energy is cheap at the moment there is irrelevant. If nuclear energy would be turned off on the grid, like it happens all the time when the French fleet needs repairs again for example, no lights go out in Austria. Just like no lights go out in France.
What you do is the same thing as making fun of humans because they rely on supermarkets and don't go out on the streets and shoot some animals.
Times change.
Re: Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant: Finished in 1978 but never used
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is no irony there at all. Austria, just like many other European countries, are connected to a single grid which has all kinds of energies and where everybody buys on the European Energy Exchange. This grid is what makes the rapid transition to renewable energies possible, and which shows that the base load scare is not more than just one of many FUD tools which aim at slowing down or stopping a transition whic…
The reliance of the Austrian power grid on nuclear energy, combined with their total refusal to produce it domestically is certainly ironic. This phenomenon also predates any notion of green energy transition by several decades.
As Austrian it's a national pride, and certainly not ironic.
Germany only followed after their Wackersdorf debacle, matching Tschnernobyl, and then finally Fukushima.
The rest of Europe is still in the hands of the energy lobbies.
And Austria does not rely on nuclear at all. It's rather the other way round, that all the others rely on Austria (and Swiss) expensive peak energy from their high mountains. When Europe turns on all it's power switches at the very same time the grid would collapse without Austria.