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ck45 82 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: French nuclear plant consumes more power than it g...

What is the overall lifetime balance, regarding construction, uranium mining, long term storage of used fuel rods, and finally deconstruction of the plant vs the energy it produces over lifetime? Haven’t found a full calculation so far

mikeyouse 82 days ago | [–]

Figure 7 here attempts to quantify by power source;

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/12/7098#

(Link broke, try this one: https://pub.mdpi-res.com/sustainability/sustainability-14-07...)

loeg 82 days ago | [–]

Obviously generates significantly more energy than consumption over lifetime. It's not close.

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