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In 2023, and what seems like a lifetime ago, Austria launched their legal action against the European Commission for the inclusion of nuclear energy in the EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy. At the time they were supported by a bulwark of EU countries and environmental NGOs that opposed nuclear energy.
But today, that whole landscape has changed.
The nuclear phase-outs or bans in the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, and Italy are now history.
It shows what’s possible when we stick to the science
The European Court of Justice has now fully dismissed Austria’s lawsuit.
These wins are not abstract. They open the door to real investment, real projects, and real emissions cuts.
Now that it’s part of the discussion again it won’t be long before some dick brings up Thorium. Today, it is my honour to be that dick.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power
Thorium cannot be made into a nuclear weapon (certainly not a good one), a meltdown of Thorium in well designed reactor would end up shielding itself, while not an energy dense as uranium, it’s still very good, Thorium mines already exist in Western countries and could he ramped up easily.
These types of predictable comments don’t normally have to wait long before some insufferable ass pipes up with a comment about how China has had an experimental thorium reactor running for over a year, and recently accomplished the important technical step of refuelling it without shutting it down. This makes China the current world leaders in Thorium reactor technology.