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Originally Posted by verticaldoug

I think that ship sailed long ago for Germany for a variety of reasons. The German greens have been steadfastly anti-nuke since the 1970's. It has a long history. After Gerhard Schroeder retired from politics, he became head of Nordstream1 and TNK-BNP board member. His strong lobbying definitely tilted the balance in Germany to natural gas from Russia.

At the start of the war in Ukraine, Germany was only 6.2% of electric supply from Nukes, 75% from natgas and 16% from renewables. The remaining 8% or so was coal/etc

They have been more actively sabotaging the construction of off-shore wind turbines which probably has a more pronounced long term impact on their electricity generating capacity and from a climate change perspective, is even more mindboggling. You have to suspect the grass roots greens are heavily coopted by Russian energy disinformation campaigns.I also viewed that as Gerhard Schroeders primary role.

France is the other way around with about 70% of electricity coming from nukes with their strong breeder program.

Japan was 25% prior to Fukushima, and then went backwards. Chances are they will increase back to the 25% level. Unfortunately, the Japanese nuclear regulator was historically captured by industry and did not have the best reputation for nuclear safety. The 1990's and early 2000s had some really crazy small scale accidents.

The Japanese seem to have come to their senses.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-...rsal/101803800