Marcel Boiteux: Builder of the World's Greatest Nuclear Fleet

[@asabriggs6426]

RIP Marcel. Thanks for another cracking episode with Mark!

[@oleksijm]

The problem with the French fleet is European Union regulations, which tacitly aim at getting rid of nuclear energy in the EU altogether.

[@FixItStupid]

No Matter What It's The Biggest Cancer Lotto Nuclear Is ALL LIES If You Look @ 41 CPM

[@lv3184]

And what are those regulations?

[@FernandoWINSANTO]

Decontamination, decommissioning of old reactors is not " low cost " by any means.

[@factnotfiction5915]

@@FernandoWINSANTO however, the cost - high or low - is not the major issue; the major issue is the return on investment, the value of the plant. In the US, the cost of decommissioning is factored into the wholesale price, and as nuclear has one of the lowest prices ... we can see that the 'high cost' is not %-wise all that significant.

[@asabriggs6426]

​@@FernandoWINSANTO A lot of decommissioning can be *made* more expensive by dredging up fears of radioactivity. Search for "T. Rockwell. What's wrong with being cautious?" and read up on the expense caused by a dribble. Leave the reactors for 60 years and let things become less active. Then deal with it after performing a cost/benefit analysis. Even better, keep the reactors running for that time.

[@jwestney2859]

Very informative video from Chris and Mark. THANK YOU!

[@microburn]

So excited for another mark episode. Thanks for the hot drop

[@doniehurley9396]

This is the best of the best of the best educational youtube channel just pure class

[@Zgembo121]

Mark Nelson #1 🎉

[@shawnnoyes4620]

Nice overview of Marcel Boiteux - Mark :)

[@kowalityjesus]

I was really surprised to learn that these are not in fact the same person

[@scottmedwid1818]

Don't get me wrong, I have found most every Decouple Podcast video extremely informative. This, Mark Nelson explainer was extremely eye-opening for me. I learned a lot keep up the great work!

[@TheSiphap]

Thanks for your inspiring tell of one of our great man, he is frankly unknown to the great public. I hope some French media can help popularize Marcel Boiteux's story and determination. When I hear Mark, I feel really bad about the last 20 years and how we bought everything from the anti nuclear movement. Hearing it from a foreigner is important, nobody in French medias fought for nuclear until 2020.

[@briancam_2000]

MSM which is generally ANTI-NUCLEAR popularize Marcel Boiteux's story, NO WAY

[@diogovalada1522]

Where are the links for the reading material? They're not in the description?

[@jasonneugebauer5310]

Excellent interview. We need to remember that safe nuclear power plants can be built quickly, reliably, and at a reasonable cost.

[@sstachura]

Mark speaks like a revolutionary. We are lucky he has taken such a sensible cause

[@FixItStupid]

Nuclear IS A RIP OFF & Cancer Lotto

[@zwhitehead403]

Well said

[@stefanbernardknauf467]

When I worked at Electrabel they flattered themselves to be the world's best Nuclear operator, with capacity factor above 95%! Even then EDF was only at around 75% if I remember well. Problem is that it is hampered a lot by public politics, for decades. It's a much bigger problem than the recent anti-nuclear feeling.. this is just another symptom of its political dependance in my opinion. But you're totally right, the capacity factor of the French nuclear fleet is a shame!

[@FernandoWINSANTO]

Why ... aging of industrial equipement is not a shame.

[@stefanbernardknauf467]

@@FernandoWINSANTO I admit that I'm not following the issues in French Nuclear power stations, but I doubt very much that it has to do with ageing. Rather major deficiencies in maintenance management.

[@VarieTea729]

​​​​@@stefanbernardknauf467 Yeah, EDF's maintenance schedules alternate between a refuelling and a more thorough inspection, every 12 months for the 3-loops and every 18 months for the 4-loops. That's normal, what's not normal is that the former take 6 weeks and the latter 3 entire months, if nothing goes wrong that is. And then every 10 years there's a license renewal inspection that lasts at the very least 6 months. I don't think such long maintenance periods are common anywhere else. The 3-loops in neighbouring Spain are also close to 40 years old but run at a 85% load factor.

[@factnotfiction5915]

@@stefanbernardknauf467 The low c.f. is mostly about running the NPPs in load-following mode. Storage will make these reactors even more valuable.

[@stefanbernardknauf467]

@@factnotfiction5915 hm, I don't know about that. There is some load-following for sure but France does most of load-following with hydro and some conventional. Though France also increased its renewable fleet, requiring more load following. Going down to 50% is due to outages in any case.

[@wired_toast]

Not everything is great about our capacity factor; it's also slightly lower due to load tracking, which has its own merits

[@volta2aire]

55:55 The Shah of Iran-French nuclear connection.

[@FernandoWINSANTO]

Attack against his appartment in 1977.

[@Petriiik]

france is operating their nuclear fleet in load following mode, therefore they have low capacity numbers...if it is the only reason, is an another story.

[@chapter4travels]

Capacity factor is a terrible metric to judge electricity production. It makes unreliable sources look much better than they really are and reliable sources worse.

[@chapter4travels]

I couldn't sit through the whole thing but I can't imagine a scenario where electricity is too cheap.

[@jeffbenton6183]

You're probably right. Clean electricity can get cheaper, but we're probably not going to reach a point where cost of electricity is negligible. On another note, I like to listen to these things while doing something else. It saves time and makes it easier to "sit through" (because I'm not sitting)

[@louismechler4338]

it can become too cheap to pay for the system

[@davieb8216]

It's crazy that you need a hero to build nuclear and can't just get it done by your regular engineer and accountants.

[@fastSPX_90]

Although Mark Nelson provides informative insights, i often find his positions too black-and-white, not nuanced enough to accurately depict reality

[@jasonneugebauer5310]

Bureaucracy over time can destroy any efficiency to the point of complete ruin. The only question is how long or short the span will be. Nuclear which should be our lest expensive most reliable electrical production system is often affected by bureaucracy and special interests to the point that it is impossible to build or even maintain and run a nuclear power plant at a profit. Bureaucracy and special interests have destroyed or made unprofitable most industries here in the United States. Examples: auto manufacturering, aluminum production, most mining, aerospace industries, nuclear power plant production, new petroleum processing plants, and most physical non agriculture products. Excluding weapons, we are great at producing weapons to be used elsewhere and also excluding software and technology design driven by profitability. To think that American bureaucracy can reshore the industry driven out of the US to a large extent by special interests and bureaucracy is an odd concept. I think the plan is to just redistribute wealth and have the bureaucrats manage the reindusrialisation. What could go wrong? 😢

[@jenniferpatton5108]

They stupid #ToeRogaine quote needs to be retired because it is misogynistic and reactionary and spoils a good interview.