Waste of money. Italy has plenty of sunshine.
Even at night?
Not an issue with with batteries and transmission lines
Alright, let’s say they do the referendum in 2028 and it’s approved, then start planning a new nuclear power plant, which will easily take 10 years followed by another 10 years to actually build it. It’ll be operational by 2048. They can build the equivalent generation capacity using PV and wind plus some battery stoage before they even start the referendum.
SMRs or fully mobile small reactors can be installed in 24 months or less.
Nuclear power does not need to be one large bespoke facility.
Has anyone actually done that yet?
No.
Yes, but given the coalition calling for the referendum, I am pretty sure the goal is to have an excuse for why PV and wind are not needed. Why build out renewable capacity when the nuclear reactor is going to come online in “year of talking + 10”?
What does italy’s prospects for nuclear power look like? Buying fuel from France and reactors from Westinghouse that come up 10x over budget and 50 years behind schedule?
They might buy both from france? Since the zero exposure rule for personnel has been repealed recently nuclear power might get cheaper. Hopefully they can do better than the expensive overbuilt mess that were the EPR reactors sold to the UK from france…
Germany, UK and the Netherlands also produce nuclear fuel. There are also South Korean designs around, which might be an option.
But seriously it would probably be a lot cheaper to go to solar and wind combined with storage.
Incredible how the vibe towards nuclear Herr seems to be the total opposite to the eruope subreddit.
