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kaboom t1_j6ktzzo wrote

Reply to comment by DukeOfGeek in Cracking under pressure: Inside the race to fix France’s nuclear plants by DukeOfGeek

Annus horriblis just means terrible year. It’s an emotive statement that could very well mean a number of things depending on context.

The bottom line is that this whole “crisis” would’ve already been forgotten if it weren’t for the self-serving effort of the anti-nuclear lobby to keep it in the public discourse.

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DukeOfGeek OP t1_j6kvlpy wrote

Half their reactors are off line at the worst possible time, but criticism is unwarranted? Weak sauce dude.

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kaboom t1_j6l1x9q wrote

First of all, the summer was the best possible time to shut down the reactors, and second they’ve already managed to restart a bunch so that there is no danger of blackouts:

WSJ

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