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UK Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power

UK Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power

mpweiher

Comments (216)

  • silver92bullet
    I think a lot of Anti Nuclear Power is based off old designs that weren't as safe and had radioactive byproduct I think newer reactor designs take a lot of bite out of that process. Additionally when you look at what is proposed to happen with Fusion reactors in Virginia in the next couple years it becomes a less popular position to be in opposition.
  • apexalpha
    It's admirable they changed their stance but good Lord they are slow learners...
  • droppedasbaby
    I've never understood the opposition to nuclear power. Was this a reaction to Chernobyl or did it start earlier?
  • dumberquestions
    I wish this happened decades ago because I'm not so sure fission can compete with renewables anymore given cost and time to build.
  • FailMore
    Strange to me this is high on HN. #1 The Greens are a niche party in the UK. #2 this is from Mon 5 Oct.
  • cedws
    Why is war never a factor in the nuclear power debate? Like nuclear is great, until you have missiles dropping on your territory. You can ask Ukraine about that. Zaporizhia has been held hostage since the early days of the war. Should the Russians have a manic moment they can make a Chernobyl volume 2 with conventional explosives.Nuclear is a great peacetime technology, Europe is no longer in peacetime.
  • nephihaha
    Green Party of England and Wales.Both Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own Green Parties. There is no single UK Green Party.
  • UltraSane
    It would have been a lot more green to have replaced all coal and gas electricity with nuclear.
  • InsideOutSanta
    I'm happy they're doing this, and it's good and admirable to see people be able to change their minds on something they once believed so strongly, but this should have happened 30 years ago.
  • papa0101
    too little too late
  • Gibbon1
    It's depressing how much stuff is based on vibes.Nuclear loses on pure accounting and time to build.
  • lincon127
    Why is it that almost every top comment or top reply on HB loves to pretend they know what they're talking about while making almost no fucking sense.You got one guy on here claiming a fusion reactor will be built in Virginia (lol). Yet another claiming that the reason that everyone hates nuclear power is because of the byproduct of nuclear waste and that it's worse than climate change (rofl). Like what kind of drugs are you people on?
  • hdgvhicv
    Wow when nuclear power was the answer why we’re against it, but now nuclear power is too expensive compared with renewables plus solar they are for it.How about some useful policies like removing planning constraints for grid expansion and solar farms and compulsory wind farms on golf courses owned by foreign billionaires
  • Marha01
    Finally, but useful idiots already caused a lot of damage. Best time for European nuclear power buildout was 30 years ago.
  • jmclnx
    Too little, too late.There are aspects of many political parties I agree with, but to me, being against Nuclear Power is the largest short sighted items this and a couple of other parties are/were against.If many countries took the same road as France, the world would be in a much better place. Imagine the energy advances that could have happened if nuclear was supported for the past 50 years.
  • ChocolateGod
    I mean if nuclear fusion ever becomes commercially viable, you'd be nuts not to support it.
  • bluegatty
    now the german greens.
  • jamiepond
    Fuck yeah.
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  • 0x_rs
    Between shameless scientific fraud from last century still affecting and harming nuclear policy to this day [0], and masses of idiots being easily influenced and swindled by foreign powers [1] (example specifically about the UK's case), I don't know why any such parties haven't been forcefully disbanded or put in the same category as terrorists, along with other organizations such as "Green"-"peace". They have at large done immeasurable damage to their countries and the world at large, and most of them started out explicitly as being anti-nuclear, that being their only mission for the longest time, only becoming relevant through the most disgusting fearmongering. Most importantly, they've achieved nothing but ensure the continued, worldwide permanent reliance on oil states and the terrorism that derived from it.0. https://atomicinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/LNT-and-NAS-En...1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_for_Nuclear_Disarmame...
  • hnuser123456
    I find it fairly amusing that "green" parties were ever opposed to nuclear power. It was clearly lobbying by fossil fuel energy interests. If we're gonna generate electricity at night without burning coal, oil or gas, we need nuclear. Storing solar and wind overnight is an even more absurd proposition than nuclear power plants. Burning more fossil fuels is even more absurd than nuclear power plants.