Beyond the obvious: Calculating instead of forbidding
Nuclear power, system costs and the price of a reliable energy supply - why saving alone is not a strategy that Germany can use to secure its prosperity.
Prof. Dr. Harald Lesch stated that no sane person builds nuclear power plants anymore, except for states that need them for plutonium production for atomic bombs. However, many countries planning or building new nuclear power plants, such as Turkey, Egypt, and Finland, do not possess atomic weapons and cite climate-friendly or reliable electricity generation as their motivation.
Lesch's comments are not his first criticism of nuclear energy, and come as Germany's energy transition, started over 25 years ago, is being reevaluated. The transition has been more expensive than expected, missed climate goals, and caused supply security issues. Dr. Björn Peters and Prof. Dr. Fritz Vahrenholt argue in their book "Zeit für Kernkraft. Schlüssel zum Wohlstand" that nuclear power could be a solution.
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