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Australia nuclear facility installs massive rooftop solar system to save $2 million (reneweconomy.com.au)
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[–] 150 points 2 years ago (9 children)

That headline is a bait and switch.

One of the major nuclear research facilities belonging to the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)’s is installing a major rooftop solar system that will save $2 million.

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  • [–] 104 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    To be honest even if it was a power plant... they're already in the business of generating power. If generating more clean power in the same space is an option, that sounds great

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  • [–] 50 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Power plants still need power to operate and even your own supply is not free.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, and nuclear reactors use a lot of electrical power anyway. When they're first starting they need to draw a lot from the grid and they all have powerful backup generators and battery banks to keep the systems online in the event they need to suddenly shutdown the reactor.

    The implausible thing would actually be getting approval to put the panels up, since reactors have high standards for checking the consequences of different materials being used on-site.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Although, why the fuck are we not plastering those giant nuclear vent thingies (the technical term) with solar panels? Or really any surface that can support them?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    At least here in Australia, we believe in the right for a select group of billionaires to make money off the land in the form of coal mining, and renewable energy threatens that right.

    Now that the world is turning away from coal as much as possible, we're now pivoting to allow a select group of billionaires to make money off the land in the form of uranium mining, and renewable energy also threatens that.

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