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The problem with France/Germany and nuclear power is that their rivers are generally slow moving and smallish...heating during the summer to unacceptable temperatures for core cooling. This forces a lot of reductions or shutdowns no matter the desire for more power.

Russia also has generally slow rivers....but they're also very big. Less of a problem for them.

I didn’t know about the river water problem. The article I read states:

“Following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan in March 2011, the government of then Chancellor Angela Merkel decided it would phase out its use of nuclear power by the end of 2022 at the latest. Prior to the accident, Germany was obtaining around one-quarter of its electricity from nuclear power.

“In August 2011, the 13th amendment of the Nuclear Power Act came into effect, which underlined the political will to phase out nuclear power in Germany. As a result, eight units were closed down immediately: Biblis A and B, Brunsbüttel, Isar 1, Krümmel, Neckarwestheim 1, Phillipsburg 1 and Unterweser. The Brokdorf, Grohnde and Gundremmingen C plants were permanently shut down at the end of December 2021.

“The country's final three units - Emsland, Isar 2 and Neckarwestheim 2 - are set to close at the end of this year.“

This is the result of virtue signalling. Pure and utterly misguided. A perfect example of the road to leftist hell.

In other words, they are Environ- mental