World Nuclear News. (2021, December 15). Nuclear makes a comeback in the Netherlands. Retrieved February 6, 2022, from https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-makes-a-comeback-in-the-Netherlands
The Netherlands government has proposed to provide 500 million EUR or 564 million USD towards nuclear power by 2025. They are trying to build 2 new nuclear power plants and cumulative support for the new nuclear is estimated to reach 5 billion EUR by 2030. This is all to aim for a 55% CO2 emission reduction by 2030.
This article is related to environmental science as it shows how the Netherlands is responding to climate change: with a ton of support for nuclear power. As most nuclear power plants today are relatively old, it is astonishing to hear of a country investing so much in new nuclear power plants. I agree with the choices made by the Netherlands presented in this article as if they try to reach a 55% reduced CO2 emission goal by 2030, they will definitely need the help of nuclear energy.
I agree that it is good that other countries are trying to improve their nuclear power, hence following in France’s footsteps. One thing that I thought about while reading this is why not the US?
Thanks for reading! I think the U.S. isn’t taking these steps because the U.S. has more skeptics with Three Mile Island occurring in the U.S.
I think it’s great that countries such as Netherlands are trying to move towards low emission energy sources. How do you think the Netherlands will deal with the radioactive waste associated with increased Nuclear power.
Thanks for reading! I think that the radioactive waste will probably be stored in various above-ground facilities.