Green Fail: Dependent on Russian Gas, Now Germany Fires Up Coal Power Stations...Despite the country’s obsession with climate-crazy policy decisions, Germany has announced that it will be forced to rely more heavily on coal for its electricity supply after Russia reduced the amount of gas...
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🧠 These people are stupid!
How closed down were the plants and how long will it take to get them operational and generating output?
Anyone involved in such industries, the shutting down and opening back up parts especially, have any info to share?
When you de-commission a reactor, you essentially strip the "nuclear rating" on every pipe, valve, pump and monitoring system. When components are made, they are "Qualified" to certain specifications, which naturally drives their price up 3-10x; because of the certification testing.
Generally speaking, everything in those reactors is now de-certified, down to commercial levels, so everything will need to be individually re-certified, before that reactor can be brought back on line. It's almost faster/cheaper to reduce it to rubble, and start over.
That is the level of stupidity we are dealing with here. The certification process is the same for space and medical grade materials; so the stupidity is not the process and qualification - it's the LEADERSHIP that chose to decommission, instead of just taking it off line.