Why nuclear plants are shutting down

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  • čas pƙidĂĄn 30. 09. 2021
  • The nuclear power dilemma, explained.
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    The infamous Indian Point nuclear plant, located roughly 30 miles north of Manhattan, shut down earlier this year. To some, the shutdown was a victory following decades of protests about safety and environmental concerns. Here’s the problem: When operating, Indian Point provided more electricity than is produced annually by all solar and wind in New York state. And Indian Point is not the only plant closing. Cleo Abram explores why so many nuclear plants are shutting down - by taking a closer look at Indian Point.
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  • @CleoAbram
    @CleoAbram Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Thanks for watching! If you’re interested in nuclear power, there’s a lot more we weren’t able to include in this video (but might in future videos). One area is possible nuclear innovations, including both ways to make nuclear safer and less expensive to build.

  • @awuuwa
    @awuuwa Pƙed 2 lety +5

    These people who want to shut down always say that the nuclear power will get replaced by renewables, but what they fail to understand is that what they should be replacing is the fossil fuels, not the nuclear.

  • @zapfanzapfan
    @zapfanzapfan Pƙed 2 lety +3

    When all the coal plants have shut down, then we can start to discuss shutting down nuclear. If you are an environmentalist and want to shut down nuclear before coal, then you are not an environmentalist...

  • @electriccarpet4
    @electriccarpet4 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    The fish being killed in the water pumps are comparable to birds being killed annually by wind turbines. Both are negligible enough to continue striving for clean energy however. Just an interesting point I leaned from studying environmental biology.

  • @Waldemarvonanhalt
    @Waldemarvonanhalt Pƙed 2 lety +369

    You're literally exposed to far more radiation from the isotopes in coal ash particulates than you are from living next door to an NPP (which is zero above background levels).

  • @piyushshaw5063
    @piyushshaw5063 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    Nuclear energy is by far one of the cleanest and most reliable sources of energy available to us and protesting against it seems contradictory to the net zero goal. It seems like people protested for the sake of protest and not for a viable reason. Nuclear energy has more merits than demerits like it can provide energy at any time we want. If there's a surge in demand it can fulfill the demand and it doesn't need to be stored. I mean I can go on talking about its advantages for hours.

  • @JackGirard1
    @JackGirard1 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    "You can't have a nuclear meltdown on a solar farm" yeah, but we aren't replacing them with solar panels.

  • @Jim54_
    @Jim54_ Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Humanity’s rejection of Nuclear power was a massive mistake, and the environment has payed dearly for it as we continue to rely on fossil fuels for our electricity

  • @victormungereti4196
    @victormungereti4196 Pƙed 2 lety +405

    I'm from Kenya, blackouts are almost natural. Watching advanced countries that at least have options just shutting a source of power because of fear of a possibility just shows how different our lives are.

  • @pjizzlevizzle
    @pjizzlevizzle Pƙed 2 lety +4

    While Vox did a great job being even-handed in their coverage, I find it odd that they didn't note the fact that just weeks after Indian Point closed, NYC began to experience a series of rolling power blackouts. In summary, they lobbied to shut down the largest source of low-carbon energy in the name of climate change, replaced it with fracked gas, hiked energy bills across the board, and made your regional power supply more reliant on intermittent and fossil-based generation. Make it make sense.

  • @lucasetten
    @lucasetten Pƙed 2 lety +4

    As with every other large-scale problem in the world, the majority of people want the problem solved but have no solution or do not want to pay for the solution.

  • @jackoneil1000
    @jackoneil1000 Pƙed 2 lety +965

    I always hate people being like, we can't afford putting nuclear waste into abandoned mines, but not considering burning fossil fuels puts the garabage into the air they breathe

  • @mqayyum9226
    @mqayyum9226 Pƙed 2 lety +602

    "al-qaeda actually considered targeting a nuclear power plant."

  • @md.mustafaabdullha2166
    @md.mustafaabdullha2166 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    I do understand Mark Ruffalo's issue with gamma radiation

  • @janmelantu7490
    @janmelantu7490 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    My problem with the “nuclear plants are killing fish in the river” is that Fossil Fuel plants

  • @Igyzone
    @Igyzone Pƙed 2 lety +621

    Just like planes, they're the most safe travel transport, yet people loose their minds when one of them suffers an accident.

  • @jeancolley8908
    @jeancolley8908 Pƙed 2 lety +262

    those two environmentalists they interviewed make me so angry. The notion that we have to chase a perfect source of power, that it's "no pollution or nothing" is absolutely holding us all back. Nuclear is better than fossil fuels. That's a fact. Change in steps is much more attentable than a giant leap into perfection

  • @AaronShenghao
    @AaronShenghao Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Sweden only achieved relatively environmentally friendly because big portions of their energy is nuclear, 40-60%.

  • @GTaichou
    @GTaichou Pƙed 2 lety +2

    I worked at another nuclear plant that closed. The town has been dying ever since the closure. I was in the industry in 2011 when Fukushima Daiichi happened. The folks that marched on our plant expressed fears that had nothing to do with our energy generation. Thank you for posting this video - it's so refreshing to see the correct information expressed in such a calm and concise manner.

  • @NaysayersWillNaysay
    @NaysayersWillNaysay Pƙed 2 lety +272

    Before engineering for a nuclear plant, sure I thought it was scary stuff. Once you've spent a year in it, you'd be far more afraid of coal plants. Nuclear is one of our best options for clean bulk generation. Depending on the reactor style used, it isn't as expensive or risky to run either.