This is why Climate Activists will never boycott fossil fuels. They are HYPOCRITES!

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Hungarian minister highlights importance of nuclear energy

02 April 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has underlined the importance of the existing Paks nuclear power plant, which accounts for about half of Hungary's electricity generation, noted János Süli. The minister responsible for the design, construction and commissioning of two new reactors at Paks said that project will maintain the country's energy security and help revive its economy in the coming years.

Süli noted that the Paks plant is Hungary's largest power generator. The electricity generated at Paks covers one-third of domestic consumption, representing the total demand of Hungarian households. "This is of strategic importance in these difficult times," he said. "Another important fact is that the nuclear power plant always has enough fuel for two years, as required by law. Nuclear fuel can be stored safely, in a small space and well stocked, and can be obtained from multiple sources when needed. This is much more secure than importing either electricity or natural gas."

Süli noted the significant economic impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, with thousands of Hungarians losing their jobs. "A major investment, such as the construction of two nuclear power plant units, could be a lifeline for many Hungarian businesses and a livelihood for many Hungarian people," he said, adding that the project will employ 8000-10,000 people at its peak.""There are a lot of related construction projects: roads, homes, factory halls need to be built, and workers coming here provide jobs for the service sector. It all means income, livelihood."

This is what we need as a generational project - do say 4 plants at $10b each will generate velocity of money to help us come out of the other side of the Coid..........& for a paltry $40b

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Good to see you are still flying the flag for the nuclear industry. You and Shill-enberger.

Pity your argument is full of holes.

I notice you've slipped in a little price suggestion and hope that nobody notices. $10bil per plant ?

Where did you make up those pretend figures from ? From the Nuclear Industry maybe ?

Funny how you didn't mention how long they will take to build, where they will be located, the extra infrastructure cost, the issue with the waste etc.
A few small details you might like to address.

And then there's all the other fake news shock jock claims you have.

Replace Australia's baseload ? Sure. Over about 30 years we might replace it. Gives us an awful long time to develop and build out storage and renewables. All technologies that are cheaper than fossil already. Technologies that can be added to the grid day by day. Not decade by decade.
We might even develop a hydrogen industry for domestic and export use by then. Way quicker than we can build four nuclear white elephants.

As to being a first mover. Who should we wait for ? How long will that take ? Why would anyone else want to shoulder the burden ?

Instead, the whole globe is embracing renewables. Because of that, they are being developed many times faster and getting cheaper by the day.
Instead of being a first mover on renewables that can be built now, we'll wait decades for outdated, over priced and impractical nuclear to be built while we run out of power in the meantime ?

Yeah, that's an awesome strategy.

Good old blowhard. Keeps bringing up the same false arguments. Arguments that are bluster backed by zero facts. Never provides any data at all.

I can't wait for the excuse on the no facts $10bill power plant.