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France’s nuclear fleet gives it one of the world’s lowest-carbon electricity grids (ourworldindata.org)

submitted 1 month ago by VioletTea@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 53 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

It's like I've always said, "The best time to build a nuclear power plant is fifty years ago."

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[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 child)

The second best time is forty nine years ago

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[–] mad_kamikaze_man@feddit.org 1 point 1 month ago

69 years ago would have been a blast

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[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

true, then you'd need decommission it and rebuild it about now.

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