DoomsdaysCW · @DoomsdaysCW
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Are Power Plants Ready for ?

As shorelines creep inland and worsen, nuclear reactors around the world face new challenges.

by John Vidal, August 21, 2018

"The outer defensive wall of what is expected to be the world’s most expensive nuclear power station is taking shape on the shoreline of the choppy gray waters of the Bristol Channel in western England.

"By the time the US $25-billion nuclear station is finished, possibly in 2028, the concrete seawall will be 12.5 meters high, 900 meters long, and durable enough, the UK regulator and French engineers say, to withstand the strongest storm surge, the greatest tsunami, and the highest sea-level rise.

"But will it? Independent nuclear consultant , a former adviser to the UK government and , points out that the tidal range along this stretch of coast is one of the highest in the world, and that is heavy. Indeed, observers reported serious flooding on the site in 1981 when an earlier nuclear power station had to be shut down for a week, following a and a . However well built, says Roche, the new seawall does not adequately take into account rise due to climate change.

" can be catastrophic to a nuclear power plant because it can knock out its electrical systems, disabling its cooling mechanisms and leading to overheating and possible and a dangerous release of . Flooding at the plant in Japan as a result of the March 2011 tsunami caused severe damage to several of the plant’s reactors and only narrowly avoided a catastrophic release of radioactivity that could have forced the evacuation of 50 million people.

"In the , where nine nuclear plants are within three kilometers of the and four reactors have been identified by Stanford academics as vulnerable to and sea-level rise, flooding is common, says David Lochbaum, a former nuclear engineer and director of the nuclear safety project at the Union of Concerned Scientists ().

"Lochbaum says over 20 flooding incidents have been recorded at US nuclear plants since the early 1980s. “The most likely [cause of flooding] is the increasing frequency of extreme events,' he says."

Full article:
hakaimagazine.com/features/are

#coastal #nuclear #sealevelrise #storms #HinkleyPointC #peteroche #greenpeace #erosion #Springtide #stormsurge #sealevel #flooding #meltdown #radioactivity #FukushimaDaiIchi #unitedstates #ocean #stormsurges #ucs #extremeweather #ClimateCrisis #nuclearplants #uk #hinkleypoint #CoastalFlooding

Last updated 1 year ago

DoomsdaysCW · @DoomsdaysCW
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Britain’s flagship nuclear plant scrambles to avoid cash crunch

by Rachel Millard, Matt Oliver, February 2023

"EDF said there is a high likelihood that state-owned China General Nuclear (CGN) will not want to contribute to a crucial fresh round of funding for the C project in ."

Read more: msn.com/en-gb/money/other/race

#hinkleypoint #somerset #nonukes #renewables #uk #nuclearisnotcarbonfree #cashstrapped #marshland #waterislife

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Jethro Rasing · @jethrorasing
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RT @MathiasB9
Intussen 11,4 miljoen euro per MW voor de nieuwe kerncentrale in .

Dat is ~10 keer duurder dan een windturbine, terwijl de capaciteitsfactor nooit meer dan 5 keer hoger is. Nucleair risico en kernafval krijg je er gratis bij.

We hebben gelukkig betere oplossingen. twitter.com/Vision23/status/16

#hinkleypoint

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Joeri Thijs · @joerithijs
157 followers · 462 posts · Server mastodon-belgium.be

RT @MathiasB9
Intussen 11,4 miljoen euro per MW voor de nieuwe kerncentrale in .

Dat is ~10 keer duurder dan een windturbine, terwijl de capaciteitsfactor nooit meer dan 5 keer hoger is. Nucleair risico en kernafval krijg je er gratis bij.

We hebben gelukkig betere oplossingen. twitter.com/Vision23/status/16

#hinkleypoint

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Atomradar @ausgestrahlt · @atomradar
164 followers · 885 posts · Server masthead.social

Trotz Gaskrise Abschaltungswelle in England: Sicherheitsprobleme in alten Meilern - klimareporter.de/strom/keine-l

#hinkleypoint #atomausstieg

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Cécile Lecomte 👩‍🦽 · @HoernchenCecile
824 followers · 12074 posts · Server todon.eu

RT @ausgestrahlt@twitter.com

ist keine Lösung in der ! Auch der -Neubau im britischen Hinkley Point bereitet massive Probleme. In droht ein .

ow.ly/bYya50JgxTc

🐦🔗: twitter.com/ausgestrahlt/statu

#Atomkraft #klimakrise #epr #frankreich #blackout #edf #flamanville #antiatom #hinkleypoint #energiewende

Last updated 3 years ago

Cécile Lecomte 👩‍🦽 · @HoernchenCecile
824 followers · 12074 posts · Server todon.eu

RT @Atom_Radar@twitter.com

"" auch in England: Das "Hoffnungsland für die Atombranche" schaltet deutlich mehr ab, als dass neue gebaut werden (könnten) - fr.de/wirtschaft/atomkraft-in-

🐦🔗: twitter.com/Atom_Radar/status/

#atomausstieg #akw #hinkleypoint

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Mozinet ✔️ · @Mozinet
138 followers · 9743 posts · Server mamot.fr

RT @CourUEPresse@twitter.com

: confirmation de la décision de la @EU_Commission@twitter.com approuvant les aides accordées par le -Uni pour la construction de la centrale nucléaire de C
curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_

🐦🔗: twitter.com/CourUEPresse/statu

#hinkleypoint #royaume #cjue

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