Slow is scary if France quits nuclear : state institute

[bananas]

Source: Reuters

A long slow retreat from nuclear power in France or indecision over policy could be very risky as skilled staff retire and young people reject careers with an uncertain future, the state-funded atomic safety research institute said.

If France does decide to pull out of atomic energy it should follow Germany's example and do it quickly, or face operating with inadequate personnel, said Jacques Repussard, who heads the Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN).

"You can't spread the exit of nuclear over half a century. It's very dangerous," he said, adding that this consideration partly explained Germany's decision to opt for a fast exit to avoid a loss of skills.

France's state-owned utility EDF, which operates its 58 nuclear reactors, faces a wave of retirements and will have to replace half its nuclear staff by 2017-18.

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[dipsydoodle]

1. If both France and the Czech Republic did both do it quickly

it would completely fuck Germany. Germany's policy is completely reliant on imports from both countries.

[RobertEarl]

2. No it is not that reliant

They have options especially renewables. Everyone does and big power is going down. Closing all nukes is a very wise proposition. Doing so now, before they melt, costing a trillion like Fukushima, is smart.

[mbperrin]

4. Nope. Better check again.

Nuclear is the filthiest, most dangerous, most expensive, most subsidized method of boiling water ever invented.

I know. I live just a half hour from the newest dump for their waste, which all liability is taken by the state of Texas, while all the profits are taken by Harold Simmons. So the vampire waste being shipped from Washington State to here won't die and neither will the taxpayer dollars to bury it and rebury it.

Texas has 26% of all our electricity provided by wind now, and in two months when the new transmission lines are complete, and the mothballed generators are allowed to run, 50%. And done in less than 10 years.

We'd have been way ahead to have never built a single nuke plant, anywhere.

[valerief]

3. But you don't even need a high school diploma to run Japan's nuclear plants. Obviously.

Otherwise, they wouldn't break so easily.

[formercia]

5. I just had this visual of Homer Simpson on vacation

with a brick tied to the safety lever.