I get that. But if proper maintenance means “replace the reactor pressure chamber”, then that’s what should be done. I’m sure building a new reactor pressure chamber every 40 years and replacing it creates less CO2 than 40 years of coal power generation.
And anyway, everyone seems to miss the part where I only said that coal should be phased out before nuclear, not that nuclear never needs to be phased out. Both coal and nuclear need to go, but overall, coal is worse. The only reason coal is kept for longer is because it’s cheaper than properly maintaining nuclear.
You can’t replace the pressure chamber. The way to do this is to build a new reactor block with a new pressure chamber and this is exactly what is not happening.
I get that. But if proper maintenance means “replace the reactor pressure chamber”, then that’s what should be done. I’m sure building a new reactor pressure chamber every 40 years and replacing it creates less CO2 than 40 years of coal power generation.
And anyway, everyone seems to miss the part where I only said that coal should be phased out before nuclear, not that nuclear never needs to be phased out. Both coal and nuclear need to go, but overall, coal is worse. The only reason coal is kept for longer is because it’s cheaper than properly maintaining nuclear.
You can’t replace the pressure chamber. The way to do this is to build a new reactor block with a new pressure chamber and this is exactly what is not happening.