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    Taoiseach sagt, Irland sollte die Option der Kernenergie „ernsthaft in Betracht ziehen“.

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    3. HighDeltaVee on

      >But we should also look at alternatives, including nuclear, given advances in technology.

      He’s presumably talking about SMRs, but there are none commercially available in Europe and not likely to be for a decade or more.

      We’ll aleady be well on the way to addressing power issues by then. Still better to keep an eye on things if they change faster than anticipated.

    4. ArdRi_ on

      Seriously consider AKA have a focus group recommend it and then ignore there recommendation.

    5. ForbiddenToblerone on

      Example 300,000 of the leader of the government making suggestions as if he’s some average punter on the street with no power to enact change.

      Hot air.

    6. Gobshite666 on

      Build something nuclear when we cant build affordable housing or a childrens hospital

      We do need to look at more forms of energy tidal harnesses on the west cost for example

      But fuck me the way we build and use the worst and most expensive scamming developers, fuck off Mehole.

    9. Bill_Badbody on

      They have to be near water and population centre.

      So that means east coast near Dublin.

      There is no TD ever going to support rhe construction of a nuclear plant in their constituency. Or in constituencys near them.

      The trend for the last 30 years has been towards smaller and more fractured government majorities.

      So there is no way that the proposed locations of a plant or plants does not cause TDs to leave the government benches, possibly collapsing the government

    10. Closersolid on

      If you went through and began the process of building a nuclear power station now, you’d be looking at about 50 years before it was built

    16. 1tiredman on

      Does our government do anything besides „consider“ and send out statements holy shit

    17. Glum-Inflation-4851 on

      Coming from the government that has a really strong proven track record of investing and completing very necessary national infrastructure. /s

    19. slevinonion on

      The UK’s new one is costing €58bn. We’re struggling to put up a wind mill. So, no.

    20. ChemiWizard on

      Oh come on. I am actually all for nuclear power but it takes ages to come online. Wind/solar/ battery is enough and that already faces nimby challenges. The issue of energy generation in Ireland is will. Will to fund it, will to put down nonsense challenges, will to expedite it. There is no lack of technology and money.

      My electric bill is high enough, my fear of global disruption is high enough, but apparently some people still need to be convinced.

      We spent 500 million on so called ‚farmers and haulers‘ to get a tiny discount on fuel. Imagine that spent on green energy plants and reinforcing the grid. At least we would have something to show for it tomorrow.

    21. ChemiWizard on

      It honestly makes more sense to build a better interconntor with france and pay them to build a new reactor and look after it.

    23. francescoli on

      Not a hope of Nuclear plants being built here anytime soon.

      It would be a mine field and the push back would be on another level.

      Buy Nuclear power via the interconnectors and focus on renewables.

    24. qwerty_1965 on

      Given the cost and the time scale Ireland could have off shore wind by the GB and solar likewise in less than half the time.

      It’s amusing to hear this now with viable alternatives clearly preferable which Martin knows is the case I suspect.

    26. yankdevil on

      Another way to waste money. Just build off shore wind and battery storage already. It would be far cheaper and faster.

    27. saggynaggy123 on

      I love when politicians in positions of power make statements like this, as if he isn’t in charge of the fucking country

    28. dwaschb on

      It would be far to expensive, wouldn’t reduce the dependency on fuel and would also need a most massive grid upgrade.
      It’s far cheaper and better suited to go more into renewables, that’s basically free energy (well, a bit oversimplified maybe).

    30. ChloeOnTheInternet on

      Nuclear has its uses and all but given our track record on building new infrastructure, the cost of building a nuclear power plant, the inevitable years of objections, and the potential risk profile, surely it makes a lot more sense to invest in more wind turbines seeing as they already account for a third of our energy?

    32. SamSquanch16 on

      Could we not just buy nuclear power off the French now with the new electricity pipe?

    33. Firm-Raccoon-9048 on

      We probably do need them but who’s going to build them? I wouldn’t let the children’s hospital crowd within a 100 mile radius of it?

    34. RepulsiveBridge2018 on

      Clowns in government/public service cant even manage a childrens hospital.

    35. Franz_Werfel on

      This government is hell bent in doing anything but the obvious and best solution, aren’t they. Just build renewables! Jesus Christ.

    38. daddyzool on

      We really should but the terrifying part is Tony from school somehow involved in a nuclear power plant , and he pissed himself in 3rd year

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