Wind Power in Europe MORE Reliable than Nuclear Power in Japan (With Video)

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://cleantechnica.com/2011/06/16/wind-power-in-europe-more-reliable-than-nuclear-power-in-japan/

Wind Power in Europe MORE Reliable than Nuclear Power in Japan

June 16, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llIbjC49Fjs

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“Despite nuclear power’s reputation as reliable base load generation, the Fukushima plants were anything but reliable over the four decades that the plants were in operation,” Gipe writes.

Annual generation was surprisingly erratic or ‘lumpy’ in the jargon of the trade.

Take Unit 6, the most modern unit, for example. In 2004 generation dropped from 4.6 TWh in 2003 to 1.1 TWh, and both were a far cry from the reported generation in 1997 of more than 9 TWh….

Similarly, Unit 5′s generation fell from 6.2 TWh in 1999 to 1.6 TWh in 2000.

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[kristopher]

1. We've known this for more than 35 years.

What took so long for someone to think of drawing the graph?

[madokie]

2. I doubt that I'll see it but I think that nuclear energy as we have it today is on the way out

The future generations will be left with more than 440 tainted sites though which isn't good but getting rid of the source is great.