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Just read this article by John Fitzgerald , for a guy with such public reach who is taken serious I am surprised how little research he had done before penning this article.
Yes building a big nuclear power plant is expensive and yes we are not a big country with vast energy needs.
In this article he did not even bother to reference the modern trend to move to small modular reactors .
These are not new tech as the USA and others have been using same to power their aircraft carriers and submarines since the 1960s.
Rolls Royce have been developing small modular reactors for the UK with a price tag of 1.8 billion sterling and 470 MW power output , enough to power a city of 500000 people .
That's not too large or too expensive in the modern world .
Is it on its own the solution to our energy needs no but it helps diversify our sources , can you imagine what will happen if our renewables are not functioning and we need to imports from outside the state but those countries are also having energy supply problems ? we will be left hanging in the wind .
We need to put our energy needs first and be pragmatic nuclear options should be part of that plan as should oil and gas exploration of what resources we have , its all well and good having an open economy but we need to insulate ourselves at the same time .
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Yes building a big nuclear power plant is expensive and yes we are not a big country with vast energy needs.
In this article he did not even bother to reference the modern trend to move to small modular reactors .
These are not new tech as the USA and others have been using same to power their aircraft carriers and submarines since the 1960s.
Rolls Royce have been developing small modular reactors for the UK with a price tag of 1.8 billion sterling and 470 MW power output , enough to power a city of 500000 people .
That's not too large or too expensive in the modern world .
Is it on its own the solution to our energy needs no but it helps diversify our sources , can you imagine what will happen if our renewables are not functioning and we need to imports from outside the state but those countries are also having energy supply problems ? we will be left hanging in the wind .
We need to put our energy needs first and be pragmatic nuclear options should be part of that plan as should oil and gas exploration of what resources we have , its all well and good having an open economy but we need to insulate ourselves at the same time .
Ireland is still too small for a nuclear power plant
Energy shock will drive focus on reducing reliance on oil and gas and the answer lies in further investment in renewables