Nuclear power was reintroduced as one of the preferred green technologies to revitalise Europe's industry, according to a political agreement struck by lawmakers in the European Parliament on the bloc's proposed Net-Zero Industry Act.

Initially, the European Commission proposed two lists, one of which included so-called “strategic” technologies subject to a 40% domestic manufacturing target and fast-track permitting procedures.

However, this list did not feature nuclear power, a move that sparked outrage among its advocates on social media, particularly in France.

However, things took a new turn on Tuesday.

The compromise list now includes renewable energy technologies, nuclear fission and fusion technologies, energy storage, carbon capture and storage (CCS), hydrogen transport infrastructure, and electrolysers, among others.

  • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Extracting Uranium from seawater is a ridicilous idea. The hypothetical proposals for a single extractor require 100.000 Tonnes of absorbens on a surface of 1000 km² At concentrations around 3 ppb, you’d need to filter about 7,5 trillion m³ of water per year, to meet the current US electric demand.

    That is an environmental catastrophy abomination of ressource extraction and it is most likely still energy negative, because of the insane amount of chemicals needed.