Despite efforts of anti-nuclear campaigners to herald Spain as a solar energy example to the world; a closer examination will demonstrate that Spain must increase its reliance on nuclear energy to supplement the transition toward sustainable energy security and responsible environmental stewardship.
They've certainly made a respectable effort to move toward renewables, but their actions as reported by Bloomberg point to a compromise in that drive - between higher energy prices and a greater reliance on nuclear energy.
An example that renewables alone are inadequate to achieve real goals out in the real world.
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Enrichment, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the SWU, part 5
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It’s been fifteen years since I last wrote a blog post in this series about
separative work, and although none of the underlying physics have changed,
a fe...
4 months ago
In fact it's not new. In spite of critics, nuclear power stations have received several upgrades along the time.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf85.html
"Spain is notable for power plant uprates. It has a program to add 810 MWe (11%) to its nuclear capacity through upgrading its nine reactors by up to 13%."