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Rumpullpus t1_iu7s3r9 wrote

Reply to comment by Torifyme12 in Poland picks U.S. offer for its first nuclear power plant -PM by SunfireGaren

Mostly the French since they're the only ones with functional reactors these days and they hate it when other Europeans buy American.

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TractorEnjoyer t1_iu7x8gi wrote

Wait for the moment same deal is made with South Korea as word is they might be the ones building some of remaining 5 planned reactors.

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Boozdeuvash t1_iu7zwil wrote

Nah EDF is already having trouble finishing their current projects, they are about to get a huge order to build a bunch of reactors in France. They don't have the administrative capacity and the talent to spare for foreign projects right now. They've already had to call in american experts on stuff like soldering because they ran out of local and internal talent, it takes years to train a group of technicians who can consistently perform a reactor solder that will pass the quality inspection.

Exports became very popular for the french nuclear sector in the 80s and 90s because the country was loaded up to the tits in fresh new reactors and they became unpopular in the west after Chernobyl.

The media might drum it up as a strategic issue because it makes for a good headline, but the french nuke sector has other fish to fry right now.

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lostparis t1_iu89638 wrote

> has other fish to fry right now.

They were poaching the fish

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StartledP t1_iu85it6 wrote

I mean it's a pretty good idea for Europe to build up its nuclear generation capability internally, hopefully we've learnt our lesson on being overly dependency on foreign energy sources.

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Nowa_Korbeja t1_iu7zgzn wrote

And Germans? They shut their NPP down and don't want their neighbours to build one.

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t3st0815 t1_iu999ba wrote

Well, it's an odd debate here because polls (this is from August) aren't necessarily as against as one of our current government coalition parties which largely has been trying to block even the short-term extension (originated from the anti-nuclear movement in the 80s or so and legislated this decommission stuff 20 years ago).

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Should the last 3 NPPs run until Summer 2023? 78% for vs 17% against.

Should they run for 5 more years? 67% for vs 27% against.

Should the federal government build new NPPs due to the energy crisis? 41% for vs 52% against.)

Those 17% are really zealous, while the majority of the "for" camp are probably "swing opinion-havers".

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