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    Taoiseach says Ireland should ‘consider seriously’ nuclear power option

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    3. HighDeltaVee on

      >But we should also look at alternatives, including nuclear, given advances in technology.

      He’s presumably talking about SMRs, but there are none commercially available in Europe and not likely to be for a decade or more.

      We’ll aleady be well on the way to addressing power issues by then. Still better to keep an eye on things if they change faster than anticipated.

    4. ArdRi_ on

      Seriously consider AKA have a focus group recommend it and then ignore there recommendation.

    5. ForbiddenToblerone on

      Example 300,000 of the leader of the government making suggestions as if he’s some average punter on the street with no power to enact change.

      Hot air.

    6. ruthemook on

      Yes we should. Would you trust our govt to build a functioning nuclear power plant though?1

    7. MemestNotTeen on

      We should. But we need a serious improvement in the department of energy because as we’ve seen with the children’s hospital the government suck at getting stuff built

    8. Gobshite666 on

      Build something nuclear when we cant build affordable housing or a childrens hospital

      We do need to look at more forms of energy tidal harnesses on the west cost for example

      But fuck me the way we build and use the worst and most expensive scamming developers, fuck off Mehole.

    9. smellyoulater24 on

      Least it’s more jobs than a data center! And more use to the country also!

    10. Orzien on

      We don’t have the population to meaningfully use it right now but doesn’t hurt to get the ball rolling for the future, the interconnecter with France and the speculative one with Spain would also allow us to sell the energy to the mainland.

    13. Bill_Badbody on

      They have to be near water and population centre.

      So that means east coast near Dublin.

      There is no TD ever going to support rhe construction of a nuclear plant in their constituency. Or in constituencys near them.

      The trend for the last 30 years has been towards smaller and more fractured government majorities.

      So there is no way that the proposed locations of a plant or plants does not cause TDs to leave the government benches, possibly collapsing the government

    14. Closersolid on

      If you went through and began the process of building a nuclear power station now, you’d be looking at about 50 years before it was built

    21. 1tiredman on

      Does our government do anything besides “consider” and send out statements holy shit

    22. Equivalent_Bet856 on

      Good luck finding somewhere to put it. I’m not sure you’ll find a single community willing to trust the State enough to allow one nearby. A majority if people are in favour of one somewhere in theory, watch that change if it’s near them. I would like a government with ambitious energy policies that gets on with the business of delivering wind, solar, green hydrogen, and innovations like gassification at scale.

    23. Glum-Inflation-4851 on

      Coming from the government that has a really strong proven track record of investing and completing very necessary national infrastructure. /s