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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0
I don't know that clarity on what caused the stress corrosion changes much. The point of the article was just to talk about France having issues with its nuclear fleet, talking about the cost associated with nuclear and just considering the issues they might have with importing energy and reducing exports. I'm sure that means they will likely rely on fossil fuel sources for energy in the meantime, which isn't good for the planet.
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it does for me, as i wanted to know if this was a scenario specific to the french with their environment, or their rules/regulations. i wanted to know if the failure was highly likely to every nuclear power plant in existence. the french aren't the only one's in that type of climate, so a corrosion issue that applies to them could very well apply to countless other nuclear power plants across the globe, which would have a dramatic effect both in direct power costs for much larger global stage, as well as the obvious environmental effects.
the answer seems to be more of the fact that the french modified an existing design to suit their design goals, and through an unknown error/design goal, are now paying a significant cost for that in extreme downtime.
what i find interesting is that they appear to be only looking to fix/repair the damage, and not re-pipe the system in a way that would address the thermal problem, meaning that all these problems are going to surface again in a number of years, and we'll be having this conversation all over again.