Why aren't we building a nuclear power station in Ireland

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Surely now is the time to start planning and building a nuclear power station in this backrupt country of ours. We are reaching peak oil and prices are on the up again. Nuclear is safe, green and relatively cheap.
 
We will just buy nuclear power from the UK. It doesn't make sense for us to build one; the UK have the economies of scale so it will be cheaper to buy power from them.
 
Because if there is ONE accident the entire island has to be evacuated. Where would we go? The country is physically too small for a risk like that.

There are better green solutions too, and we have enough wind, wave and sea to harness a lot of power.
 
I think we should part fund one in North east Co. Antrim.
 
mathepac said:
It's all planned. We take them auld iodine tablets and swim for Rockall.
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I only bought my place since they last sent out the iodine tablets, so I havent got any. Would anyone be willing to send me any surplus ones they have - Id like to be prepared.

I do have my copy of the useful government publication that tells me what to do in the event of a nuclear emergency though, fine glossy paper its printed on, in Irish and in English so plenty of good quality pages to stuff down my pants to keep my bum warm in the nuclear winter.
 
"It's all planned. We take them auld iodine tablets and swim for Rockall. "

My Iodine tablets have gone past their expiry date. Are they still safe to take or should I apply to the Department for a re-issue ? I can't sleep worrying about this. Should I ring Joe Duffy when he comes back from another break ?
 
truthseeker said:
fine glossy paper its printed on, in Irish and in English so plenty of good quality pages to stuff down my pants to keep my bum warm in the nuclear winter.
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You'd be using them to keep your intestine from running out through your ass due to radiation sickness. :D
 
I went to a talk by an official in the CER (commission for elec reg) last year and he suggested that Ireland would have its own Nuclear Power station within the next 20 years but that it would be situated in Wales. His opinion was that building our own would be prohibitively difficult due to the planning process.

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anon473 said:
I went to a talk by an official in the CER (commission for elec reg) last year and he suggested that Ireland would have its own Nuclear Power station within the next 20 years but that it would be situated in Wales. His opinion was that building our own would be prohibitively difficult due to the planning process.

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Yea, lots of ESB people have been using that line for the last 10-15 years... and they are right.
 
I'm not completely adverse to nuclear power, it has advantages and disadvantages. However I think if we invest the kind of money necessary to build a nuclear power plant there will be none left to invest in renewable energies and that is where we should be concentrating for the future.
 
Build an interconnector to the French grid. Job done.

Also, given the time differential, you gain both financially and in terms of efficiencies of supply/demand. You also, also, legitimise renewables by providing a market and fallback capacity for them.
 
Whatever about green, or moral issues or finances. Does ANYone here trust our government with Uranium? Imagine Willie O'Dea looking after it! LOL!

To quote Lenny Leonardson
"Homer is a great nuclear safety inspector but Im just not sure if I trust him with my garbage"
 
Nuclear is safe, green and relatively cheap.
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Nuclear is not cheap by any means. In fact it outrageously expensive. When you take into consideration reactor decommission costs you are into mega-bucks.

It's not renewable energy either. Uranium ore is a limited resource, just like oil and coal. It also needs to be mined, transported etc, etc... all energy intensive. What will we do with the waste? there is still no solution to this. (yukka mountain, mayak). So I wouldn't call it 'green energy'.

Nuclear isn't 'safe'. It would have to be 100% safe which no nuclear power station can be. The more nuclear power stations that are built, just ups the risk. (percentage risk*number of power stations). There are still many accidents happening even now, so don't believe the crap that new designs are safe.

One last thing. We all know about Chernobyl. So far this has cost $200Billion, with 500,000 liquidators involved. I remember the Welsh farmers having to destroy lambs at the time. Indeed, even today they are still under restrictions. This is in Wales - decades later!
Why not clean up this mess first before building more nuclear power stations?
 
Well, good aul' Ireland - to get one but here would cost twice the initial estimate, there would be a few back handers, no politician would want it in their area, we would spend about €100m on commissioning a report - get the same people in who designed the port tunnel & probably build it in the Burren.....
 
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