Exactly, @wood5y !

#SizewellC #Sellafield #Downwinders #NuclearWasteIsForever

#NuclearPower ALWAYS costs more than the estimates!

"She added: 'It is astounding that it is only now, as contracts are being signed, that the government has confessed that #SizewellC's cost has almost doubled to an eye watering £38bn - a figure that will only go up.'"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cev03wer0p2o

#TemporaryJobs #PermamentWaste #NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #WaterIsLife #NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies #NuclearPowerNoThanks

The UK announces the final go-ahead on the £38 billion Sizewell C nuclear plant project.

The UK government, the largest shareholder in the project, said Sizewell C, in eastern England, will cost around £38 billion (€44 billion) to construct.

The UK has pivoted toward nuclear power since the start of the war in Ukraine, citing energy security, net zero and the need to modernise its ageing power stations.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250722-the-uk-announces-the-final-go-ahead-on-the-38-billion-sizewell-c-nuclear-plant-project?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#SizewellC #Energy #UK #NuclearEnergy #NetZero #EnergySecurity

Apparently Sizewell C is going ahead.

So that’s probably Minsmere, the RSPB’s flagship wetland reserve, going for a Burton (thanks to lack thereof!).

And let’s not forget that the “storage” at Sellafield (aka Windscale, but they rebranded to avoid reminding us that it was the site of the UK’s worse nuclear accident [though as with car crashes I’m not sure accident is the best word]) leaks like a sieve and no replacement is in sight - the idea that nuclear energy is clean is a fantasy when we can neither store nor dispose of the waste…

Not the best news this morning.

#SizewellC #NuclearPower #FFS

Hui, da habe ich doch gleich mal meinen Artikel aktualisiert:

https://www.oekologisch-unterwegs.de/energiewende/1175-kostenexplosion-rueckbau-fehlende-endlager-atomenergie-auf-dem-rueckzug.html

#Großbritannien investiert (bisher) rund 16,8 Mrd. Euro in das neue #Atomkraftwerk Sizewell C. Die britische Regierung trägt 83,5 Prozent der Finanzierung, EDF bisher den Rest.
Man träumt von neun bis zwölf Jahre Bauzeit. 🤣

#Energiepolitik #Kernenergie #SizewellC #Energiewende #Großbritannien #Infrastrukturprojekte

I honestly don't know what to think about the plan to go ahead with Sizewell C.

On the one hand, we badly need reliable sources of low-carbon energy.

On the other hand, it will take many years before it's ready and cost squillions.

Would we do better spending that money on solar and wind farms with battery storage?

I don't know the answer to that. I'd be interested to see their calculations.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20q918w8vjo

#SizewellC #NuclearPower #Electricity #ClimateChange