Nuclear fusion-breakthrough

[Fastpedaller]

Whatever happened to using the 'ducks' in the sea to generate electricity, or the tides rising to turn a turbine twice a day, every day without fail?
I think there is a tidal turbine in the Severn Estuary? but haven't heard of others. It seems the ideal solution (but maybe I'm naive)

 

[ColinJ]

Salter's Ducks - sunk by vested interests?!

 

[Rezillo]

theyve destroyed half the countryside near it, so yes its getting built come whatever.

for avoidance of doubt, I dont have a problem with nuclear power being built near me, I do have a problem with unnecessary destruction of local habitats to accommodate far more construction than is necessary to build a nuclear power station.

I don't understand why they've gone for wholesale habitat destruction for Sizewell C (it has to be seen to be believed) whereas Sizewell B affected a far, far smaller area. The footprint sizes of B and C are very similar so why does C need absolutely everything levelled all around it? And this is just for the area supporting the building of Sizewell C, not the station itself.

To be fair to B, which was controversial enough at the time, in operation you could walk through three vastly different wildlife areas and ecosystems immediately to its west and be unaware of the power station. One of our favourite walks, in fact, helped by the occasional appearance of corncrakes.

Sizewell A beach was once quite popular because its cooling systems warmed up the sea there by about 1C. We used to swim there in the 60s.

 

[Profpointy]

With an designed lifespan of 50-60 years. It doesnt sound a very sensible proposition commercially.

Even strategically its of questionable value. In peacetime it brings generation capacity online that is independent of weether conditions, but at time of conflict its a sitting duck in every way.

Yes if directly attacked but in the more likely scenario of indirect problems like turning off the gas supply or major disruption in the middle east nuclear does seem a good back up it is prudent to have

 

[katiewlx]

I don't understand why they've gone for wholesale habitat destruction for Sizewell C (it has to be seen to be believed) whereas Sizewell B affected a far, far smaller area. The footprint sizes of B and C are very similar so why does C need absolutely everything levelled all around it? And this is just for the area supporting the building of Sizewell C, not the station itself.

To be fair to B, which was controversial enough at the time, in operation you could walk through three vastly different wildlife areas and ecosystems immediately to its west and be unaware of the power station. One of our favourite walks, in fact, helped by the occasional appearance of corncrakes.

Sizewell A beach was once quite popular because its cooling systems warmed up the sea there by about 1C. We used to swim there in the 60s.

Even pictures like this really dont do it justice, I dont think people really get the scale of the work, and this doesnt include any of the changes to the A12 or the railway, but there are routes Ive cycled around there for years that were nice leafy countryside, and absolutely you barely ever noticed the place, but now that you are just riding between metal fences and wasteland it seems as far as you can see.

 

[Milzy]

This site could be mothballed forever or years delayed.