• Tenebris Nox@feddit.uk
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      1 year ago

      Would you trust a UK privately-owned firm to run anything nuclear, bearing in mind the failing way that other utilities have been maintained for the last 20+ years.

      Power stations under democratic control might be one thing, but allowing systems of privatised control of utilities is only a recipe for disaster, isn’t it? Like giving a lunatic access to your drawer full of knives and askkng him to chop something for dinner.

      • median_user@lemmy.one
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        1 year ago

        There are quite a few nuclear power stations operated by private companies without incident around the world already.

        I think the bigger concern is construction costs spiralling out of control and landing on the taxpayer.

    • Barttier@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      Storage. It is possible. Cheaper and safer. Safe potential, and chemical energy. It is even more realistic with current and future power grids.

      Solar and wind energy never needed terms like nuclear semiotics. Safe technologies don’t need those terms.