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A new Innofact poll shows 55% of Germans support returning to nuclear power, a divisive issue influencing coalition talks between the CDU/CSU and SPD.

While 36% oppose the shift, support is strongest among men and in southern and eastern Germany.

About 22% favor restarting recently closed reactors; 32% support building new ones.

Despite nuclear support, 57% still back investment in renewables. The CDU/CSU is exploring feasibility, but the SPD and Greens remain firmly against reversing the nuclear phase-out, citing stability and past policy shifts.

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[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 week ago (20 children)
  • 10 km which direction? If it's buried 1km down, you can stick it directly below my home for all I care.

  • not sure who told you that nuclear reactors cost half a trillion dollars to build, or are you thinking they would be building 30+ reactors?

  • closed loop cooling of reactors is a thing. There's zero reason to ever have drinking water restrictions.

  • this doesn't make sense. Why would the price of electricity double to maintain the status quo? I thought you were paying for the reactors out of income taxes?

Long story short, there's plenty of valid reasons to argue against nuclear power. Use those reasons, not made up bullshit.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org -3 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Rising water will leach into your drinking water table.

Using hinkley points C 60 billion Euro as reference, replacing Germanys remaining 74 GW of fossil fuels will cost more like 1200 billion euros.

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

If you are burying the waste, you'd be using a mine that is below the impermeable bedrock layer. There would be no leeching at all.

And using the most expensive project on the planet as your reference is disingenuous as best. Most other projects cost less than a third of that.

Additionally, almost no one is ever suggesting that nuclear is a 100% replacement. Most people suggest nuclear baseload with renewables+battery for peaks.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah. The impermeable bedrock that is readily available in Germany. That is why they are searching for a suitable and politically enforceable place since more than 50 years...

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