Hopefully Slashdot will be around in 14 years time, and if it is I will eat my metaphorical hat if they have 10 new reactors online and actually producing useful amounts of energy for the grid.

Solar is, by far, leading the growth of renewables. Solar is not a good source of energy in Canada, due to their high latitude (the angle of the sun is much less thus passing through more atmosphere), the disparity in amount of daylight received from season to season, and then the amount of snowfall they get, which covers solar panels.

Nuclear is one of the better sources of clean energy for a country like Canada.

Somebody wired up all those ICBM missile silos too

On the other hand, people might also genuinely thing their country, the people and the land is worth defending, at all costs.

I mean, c'mon....at the very least, we have "Ranch Dressiong".....you know...?

Kind of like how any economic system better for people in general is called communism.

nah....we all know that any form of economic system even resembling communism would not be good for anyone...at least not the common folks, only those at the time.

Sure, Capitalism sucks....but it sucks a whole lot less that ALL other forms of economic systems.....history has shown us this time and time again.

Ah, that explains it. SMRs do go through fuel even faster than full size reactors.

Sounds very expensive, and potentially a big problem when they have a meltdown. What water source are they using for cooling?

Betting on international markets developing seems unwise. There are proliferation issues, and countries we do trust to have civilian nuclear tend to want it to buy the technology in and run it themselves, so they aren't dependent on someone else to keep it operating, and so that the huge investment goes back into their own market.

And since you mention climate change making some types of generation fail, France is shutting down nuclear plants again due to the extreme heat.

Solar and wind are fine with climate change. The sun isn't going to stop rising, the wind if anything will get stronger. It may shift around a bit, but wind turbines have a lifespan measured in decades so will simply follow it. That said, it's unlikely that currently prime locations will ever stop being good for wind.

Nuclear power is already highly uncompetitive on cost. If you look at how fast renewables are growing, and how far ahead with them some other countries are, it's pretty clear that by 2050 the market is going to be saturated with cheap and abundant energy.

Is it really fit fur purpose when it's so expensive, and takes so long to build? 2050 is a long time to wait for some expensive energy. Don't Canadian industry and domestic customers need it ASAP?

It's not an arbitrary limit either. Previously they killed a large amount of wildlife and plants by dumping hot water into the river during a heatwave. Their nuclear plants were not designed for climate change.

If they can put nuclear there, they can put other stuff there. The Chinese have solved the terrain issues too, they install wind turbines and solar panels on the sides of mountains with drones.

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Nobody wants a nuclear plant in their back yard either.

What's the real motivation here? Are they thinking that they missed the bus on renewables and that nuclear might be an export industry one day in the distant future? Or just back handers for politicians making this decision? Surely they don't want weapons.

Because by 2050 nuclear is going to be completely irrelevant and look like an even worse economic deal than it is today.

Um you do realise that Monday Night Rehabilitation (i.e. executing people with monster trucks in a TV spectacle with the president often in attendance) was a satire based on the words people use with the current justice system, i.e. "rehabilitation" and how it actually treats people.

I have to ask did you actually think I was literally proposing taking something from idiocracy and implementing it in real life?

The way it works in the UK is you have one law firm prepare your case and do all the paperwork leading up to the hearing, and then you employ a specialist barrister to attend on your behalf. The barrister often doesn't work for that company. They just read the case as prepared and argue it.

It's a bit like an actor. Typically they don't write the script, they just interpret it and make a compelling performance from it.

The purpose of a factory is not to provide jobs.

It's intended to made widgets that can then be sold at a profit.

It's not a social welfare program.

Only kinda. Let me remind you there is no natural right to limited liability companies. They exist purely (in principle) for the benefit of society.