What never seems to get mentioned in these debates is that Ireland is already using nuclear power, and has been since 2001, albeit through electrical interconnectors to Britain and its fleet of nuclear power stations. Another interconnector to France is in the pipeline, which will inevitably mean increased use of nuclear power in Ireland, given the dominance of nuclear power in France’s electricity industry. Perhaps this an Irish solution to an Irish problem - take all the rewards of nuclear power but none of the risks.
I wonder why old questions still surface. Nuclear has already proven to be a safe and sustainable way of producing large amounts of energy 24/7. Journalists and academicians should update themselves. Check the UNECE and UNSCEAR reports, for example. Well done, 18for0!
@colsylvester639 There's problems there because they havent built anything in 40 years so now there's a shortage of engineers for maintenance and necissary upgrades to extend the lifetime of power plants. They haven't had any close calls with exploding reactor cores
Our rejection of Nuclear power was a massive mistake, and the environment has payed dearly for it as we continue to rely on fossil fuels for our electricity
Well that's a small problem compared to the amount of land and scenery destroyed used for huge wind turbines that when you look into it it's not all that green to begin with but that's a different point. But ya you got to remember back then we were really poor and it's only in the last like 60 years here that we have become prosperous so you can't blame them too much back then.
It was no mistake, it was deliberate, they always wanted to privatise and deregulate the energy sector. They knew with such a large installation it would be state run, and difficult to privatise.
The dangers around nuclear energy are so overstated by the "environmentalists", that it begs the question is there some alterior motive at play? ZERO deaths from the Fukushima meltdown, zero impact on foodstock grown in the area etc. Nuclear has a large part to play in the world's search for clean, renewable energy. Well done Sarah and well done to the 18for0 team. I support them in their objective and rational push for the Irish Government to include nuclear energy in its future energy plans.
Apologies we would need one 6000 mw nuclear power plant in Ireland to easily produce enough energy for Ireland. 52.56 tera watts of power which is double what we used last year which means we as a country could sell the extra energy to other countries making money of it and at the same time making energy in Ireland dead cheap.
What never seems to get mentioned in these debates is that Ireland is already using nuclear power, and has been since 2001, albeit through electrical interconnectors to Britain and its fleet of nuclear power stations. Another interconnector to France is in the pipeline, which will inevitably mean increased use of nuclear power in Ireland, given the dominance of nuclear power in France’s electricity industry.
Perhaps this an Irish solution to an Irish problem - take all the rewards of nuclear power but none of the risks.
Sarah Cullen’s face at 7:29 when she said nuclear opens the door to geo-engineering lmao
I wonder why old questions still surface. Nuclear has already proven to be a safe and sustainable way of producing large amounts of energy 24/7. Journalists and academicians should update themselves. Check the UNECE and UNSCEAR reports, for example. Well done, 18for0!
I frequently look at France with it's approx 70% nuclear electricity and fail to count all the problems they have with safety.
@colsylvester639 There's problems there because they havent built anything in 40 years so now there's a shortage of engineers for maintenance and necissary upgrades to extend the lifetime of power plants. They haven't had any close calls with exploding reactor cores
Our rejection of Nuclear power was a massive mistake, and the environment has payed dearly for it as we continue to rely on fossil fuels for our electricity
Well that's a small problem compared to the amount of land and scenery destroyed used for huge wind turbines that when you look into it it's not all that green to begin with but that's a different point. But ya you got to remember back then we were really poor and it's only in the last like 60 years here that we have become prosperous so you can't blame them too much back then.
It was no mistake, it was deliberate, they always wanted to privatise and deregulate the energy sector. They knew with such a large installation it would be state run, and difficult to privatise.
We need to get Sarah Cullen infront of more people. An important voice in our energy future.
She was simply amazing, concrete science-based approach, I love her
Sarah Cullen did an excellent job! 👏👏👏
This is good.
3rd and 4th generation nuclear should be implemented .asap. if Ireland took the lead on this I would be a little surprised.
The dangers around nuclear energy are so overstated by the "environmentalists", that it begs the question is there some alterior motive at play? ZERO deaths from the Fukushima meltdown, zero impact on foodstock grown in the area etc. Nuclear has a large part to play in the world's search for clean, renewable energy. Well done Sarah and well done to the 18for0 team. I support them in their objective and rational push for the Irish Government to include nuclear energy in its future energy plans.
True but if fusion reactors could be made it would save the planet
@@adamoshea2793 only if the Irish government open their minds to nuclear.
@@paulm1303 100 percent they just don’t understand that it’s 1000 thousand times safer nowadays unfortunately.
Apologies we would need one 6000 mw nuclear power plant in Ireland to easily produce enough energy for Ireland. 52.56 tera watts of power which is double what we used last year which means we as a country could sell the extra energy to other countries making money of it and at the same time making energy in Ireland dead cheap.
Nuclear is the way
Seen some thing about ireland importing japanese nuclear reactors or something
Japan are very good at building reactors. They get it done in 4 years on average
Pebble reactor(s) wouldn't be a terrible idea for Ireland considering its size and demand.
Sarah cullen was on rte radio this morning. She is a shocking person to debate on behalf of neuclear power.