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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

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Post by insane_dreamer »

someguydave wrote: post #137
sofixa wrote: post #130

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I went to primary school (1-4 grade) in the mid 1990s in a small post-communist country. Fossil fuel burning producing emissions bad for your health and harming the planet was something that was a part of the curriculum in like the second or third grade (I remember it vividly because the teacher asked why are trolleybuses better than bused, I was sure it was something to do with the engine, but didn't want to risk em…

If you cannot think for yourself then often someone else will think for you…

Greenpeace was so rabidly anti-nuclear that they were blind to everything else, especially to the fact that nuclear energy != nuclear weapons.

Re: Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant: Finished in 1978 but never used

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Post by chickenbig »

moogly wrote: post #132
chickenbig wrote: post #126

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It is a good job the station's Finnish owner/operator, TVO, got it on a fixed price contract. That does not make coping with the delays in coming online any easier, but some consolation that someone else is footing the construction bill and enriching the local economy. This is, to some extent, the same as Hinkley Point C where EDF and CGN have got a long term strike price. I wait with interest to see how Sizewell C w…

> someone else Indeed. That would be French taxpayers.

EDF has only recently become fully state owned. Also the French state have recently amended the ARENH arrangement to get greater revenues (who knew selling options for 42 EUR/MWh was a bad idea). Greater losses and damages have been incurred by previous governments.

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Agreement-on-pos...

Re: Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant: Finished in 1978 but never used

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Post by pyrale »

Krasnol wrote: post #104
pyrale wrote: post #41

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> like it happens all the time when the French fleet needs repairs again for example The one time this happened in 40 years was quite a problem for European supply reliability.

When is this supposed to be? Because the time I've been talking about is not that long ago...

It happened in 2022. That’s not exactly «all the time» or even «again».

Re: Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant: Finished in 1978 but never used

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Post by Krasnol »

pyrale wrote: post #143
Krasnol wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When is this supposed to be? Because the time I've been talking about is not that long ago...

It happened in 2022. That’s not exactly «all the time» or even «again».

When exactly? Do you have any sources on this? An URL? Something?

Re: Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant: Finished in 1978 but never used

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Post by pyrale »

Krasnol wrote: post #144
pyrale wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It happened in 2022. That’s not exactly «all the time» or even «again».

When exactly? Do you have any sources on this? An URL? Something?

https://analysesetdonnees.rte-france.com/en/electricity-revi...

Re: Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant: Finished in 1978 but never used

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Post by Krasnol »

pyrale wrote: post #145
Krasnol wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When exactly? Do you have any sources on this? An URL? Something?

https://analysesetdonnees.rte-france.com/en/electricity-revi...

This article literally refutes your statement:

> the European grid almost died so no, they do rely on nuclear whether they are happy or not.

It is actually the opposite of it. I mean seriously: what? :D

> In 2022, the power system proved resilient in the face of the most serious energy crisis since the 1970s

Re: Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant: Finished in 1978 but never used

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Post by pyrale »

Krasnol wrote: post #146
pyrale wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://analysesetdonnees.rte-france.com/en/electricity-revi...

This article literally refutes your statement: > the European grid almost died so no, they do rely on nuclear whether they are happy or not. It is actually the opposite of it. I mean seriously: what? :D > In 2022, the power system proved resilient in the face of the most serious energy crisis since the 1970s

Where exactly are you quoting that first message from?

> I am not honest enough to avoid making strawmen

A-ha!

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