Why Nuclear Power Could Solve the Energy Crisis - TLDR News

With the recent record high gas prices across the world, countries have had to look to other sources of power to supply their energy. So in this video, we look at why more Nuclear Power could be Britain's answer to the energy crisis rather than relying solely on renewables like wind and solar.

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[brickbastardly]

People constantly cite the chance of nuclear accident and ignore the certainty of millions of people dying every year through Air Pollution.

[rickybojangles]

Nuclear would absolutely save us. It's constant, safe, well regulated, and produces a ridiculous amount of energy. British energy independence would be amazing!

[rowlandsAable]

I can't imagine how much better off at least Western countries would be if Chernobyl didn't scare people off nuclear power.

[emildavidsen]

I need to write this. Thank you France for not being, in this particular case, as hysterical as the rest of Europe back in the 80's. I'm pretty sure your nuclear agency and supply chain is going to get a much deserved renaissance over the next decade.

[maciejlato]

The problem with the Office of Nuclear Regulation in the UK is that there are no set guidelines for the nuclear energy companies. They just say "Prove it" and EDF scramble to bring enough evidence to the ONR to try to satisfy this. It's far too subjective as the requirements vary depending on the day and ONR regulator in charge at the time. The French equivalent just sets out specific requirements which makes the whole safety case and risk avoidance so much easier.

[JFIX]

While this video concerns the British option for nuclear power, in Finland the Green Party has finally realized the foolishness of their previous antinuclear stance, and the Government is now investigating the possibility of building one more large nuclear power plant in addition to an indetermined number of smaller nuclear reactors.

[JamesRoyceDawson]

If only the world hadn’t been so scared of nuclear in the 20th century. We might not be in such shit with global warming if we’d transitioned to nuclear for a lot of our power

[lucacoccioli]

Very glad to see a shift in nuclear's reputation lately, hope more environmentalists will come around to nuclear energy especially thorium.

[Knapweed]

Modular reactors would not only resolve the energy crisis, they would also solve a lot of the problems with distribution and expense.

[pineappleshoe]

You mentioned hydro power alongside nuclear power earlier on. Yet no further comparisons were done. It would be interesting to have a similar video on that as well.

[intranix]

The future was always Nuclear. Just need leadership to push it through.

[peacefuldawn]

I'm so happy the world is turning around on Nuclear Energy. There's straight up no valid argument against it since Nuclear Energy is objectively better to all other forms of energy on every single metric. I sincerely hope governments and markets follow through with embracing Nuclear Energy.

[richardthompson]

Heard this so many times. 20 years to approve. Huge increases in budget. All sorts of HSE issues. It needs a completely different design - smaller, faster to approve and build, dissolved salts not water cooled. The technology is there - just nobody can be arsed to put money into it when they can go with the old designs and cream off millions.

[yonislegrand]

I am apprehensive of when you said nuclear being "overregulated" is the problem behind the costs. It has more to do with the lack of experience in project management and the inconsistency of regulation (for example regulations being changed during a project, or multiple regulators requesting slightly different calculations). There is a lot of "security theater" which doesn't increase the safety. But it's not like our safety expectations are too high. The main problem for cost increases in the west is bad project management, a lack of economies of scale and standardized designs.

[saminglis]

I think the government needs to push on educating the public about how safe nuclear power is these days. We have a big problem of the public not trusting it.

[slickgamerhd]

I don't get why people are so against it. Its statistically safer than coal and oil 😂 and its clean energy

[LetsTakeWalk]

I am all for it. This is an issue beyond Brexit and I support the UK for investing in it.

[jeffgilmour]

So what are France's costs per gigawatt and risk levels? Seems odd to elevate them earlier in the video and then to ignore them when you get down cost/risk analysis

[rocco]

I wouldn’t say renewable energy is right or left because I’m socially and economically conservative but I 100% agree we need to do something, perhaps not as extreme as many but still agree with the basics, the idea that climate change related issues are right or left is just media propaganda.

[andrewtaylor]

Why does no one talk about hyrdo/wave power? We're surrounded by water!
Tides are constant, coupled with nuclear energy the UK would have really solid energy sources.