• KevonLooney
    208·
    8 months ago

    A nuclear plant can’t “produce 24/7 regardless of conditions”. Obviously natural disasters affect them. Nuclear plants need water so any flooding or tsunami can affect them. They also need maintenance because they are very complicated water boilers.

    They require a lot of educated people to run them, whereas a wind turbine requires a few guys to check on them sometimes. Solar just requires some dudes to brush off the panels occasionally. That can probably be automated too.

    • TangledHyphae@lemmy.world
      11·
      7 months ago

      Solar’s lack of moving parts is something people overlook, too. Hail storms supposedly rarely damage them, and if they do, you can just replace individual panels.

    • wuphysics87@lemmy.ml
      87·
      7 months ago

      Navy has been operating nuclear submarines for 80 years. You don’t have to be that educated

      • CmdrShepard@lemmy.oneEnglish
        8·
        7 months ago

        I used to work with a guy who was a nuclear tech before getting out of the military and he legitimately made me concerned about the level of intelligence they require to do the job.

      • KevonLooney
        1·
        7 months ago

        The article we are commenting on shows that nuclear is more expensive. Safer? How can a wind turbine or solar panel hurt you? I guess it could fall on you. If you climb it, you could fall. So they’re as dangerous as a building.