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Nuclear too slow to replace coal, and baseload “simply can’t compete” with wind and solar, AEMO boss says (reneweconomy.com.au)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The head of the Australian energy market operator AEMO, Daniel Westerman, has rejected nuclear power as a way to replace Australia's ageing coal-fired power stations, arguing that it is too slow and too expensive. In addition, baseload power sources are not competitive in a grid dominated by wind and solar energy anyway.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Shitty operational management is systemic in organisations that operate huge centralized systems though. see: normal accidents accidents

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_Accidents

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I would disagree. Take a look at airplanes for instance. Good safety policy measures and enforcement can make seemingly high risk operations incredibly safe. Take a look at French nuclear reactors for example. Good nuclear safety policies, hence no accidents.

[–] marcos 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Take a look at airplanes for instance.

Those things that Boeing builds?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Less people die on airplanes than other modes of transport. So yeah, that's the level of safety despite Boeing's bullshit.

[–] marcos 1 points 5 months ago

Less people travel by planes than other modes of transport.

If you look unitary numbers, planes in general are safer than most things, not by any absurd margin. And Boeing has more than one model that just isn't safer than most things.

That should show you how bad management can destroy any kind of safety policy. But I guess it won't, not by fault of the facts.