I talked to an engineer from one of the nuclear startups and they didn’t give a shit about whether you could do nuclear power in Denmark. The most important thing for them was long term policies so industry can make long term plans and investments.
This is because everything about nuclear energy is long-term. You can’t build a nuclear power plant with snap of the fingers, and if things go sour in your country whilst it’s operating, you now have a massive environmental and public health liability to deal with.
Just to be clear: When you build a nuclear plant you always have a massive environmental and public health liability to deal with. It’s just that “if things go sour” the liability is also not producing electricity.
I talked to an engineer from one of the nuclear startups and they didn’t give a shit about whether you could do nuclear power in Denmark. The most important thing for them was long term policies so industry can make long term plans and investments.
This is because everything about nuclear energy is long-term. You can’t build a nuclear power plant with snap of the fingers, and if things go sour in your country whilst it’s operating, you now have a massive environmental and public health liability to deal with.
Just to be clear: When you build a nuclear plant you always have a massive environmental and public health liability to deal with. It’s just that “if things go sour” the liability is also not producing electricity.