Nuclear - future for Ireland?

They made some improvement in Nuclear Fusion back in December, we're still a good bit away from it being viable. But im wondering if thats what Ireland should focus on rather than Fission

Fission is viable now - fission reactors have been working for half a century.

Fusion reactors have never worked - to date they have been putting in more energy to the reaction than they get out. There wont be any fusion reactors in Ireland in this century

renewables are decreasing in price all of the time and will continue to decrease.

gas will get more expensive certainly but the decrease in cost of renewables will offset it.

not 0 carbon but low carbon, and cheap compared to nuclear, nuclear isn't 0 carbon either as it's waste is it's equivelant of carbon.

and it's still cheaper then nuclear.

that's how poor value for money nuclear is, that the coal and gas generators can charge high prices for ramped up production and it's still a fraction of the cost of nuclear.

at least they can ramp up production, nuclear can't, at least not quickly.

Is gas zero CO2, all of a sudden? You seem to have forgetten the underlying aim of this farce. Your logic is up there with that of the lunacy of the governments, which is to keep buying and insalling ever increasing amounts of gas generating capacity, a waste of money considering the final 2050 aims. Sticking plasters and pain killers istead of an operation to permanently solve the underlying problem.

Nuclear waste is not an equivalent of carbon, it has no bearing on the anthropogenic CO2 fraction in the atmosphere.

Very short answer is some. Probably around 20%.

Not sure how much Brexit might have affected this matter! Note that we have to pay addition tariffs to cover costs for gas to be imported through the UK so that is just an extra cost unrelated to the country the gas is imported from.

Here are some numbers, hope it can be a little helpful.

For the UK gas market:

<https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1032260/UK_Energy_in_Brief_2021.pdf>

Looking at page 12 of above source, gives numbers on the UK gas market, which suggests that at most around ≈20% of the UK's gas supply is sourced in Russia. Same would apply for Ireland as we just feed from the same tube so to speak.

Here are some numbers for Russia to Ireland via EU. Again in that 0-25% bracket:

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=File:Share_of_Russia_in_national_extra_EU_imports_of_each_Member_State,_first_semester_2021.png

Note that while ≈20% might not seem to be a whole lot, Russia is the largest supplier of LNG, the top quality gas. And the US and the EU intend to increase regulation around their own gas induustries. So there is a need to factor in quality and future availability as well.

correct horse battery staple5:14 pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118616891#Comment_118616891

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058232542/net-zero-electricity-generation

here is your chance

reactors are not going to be built for 10 billion in ireland or any other european country.

it will be 20 or more billion for a lot less capacity at an absolute best case.

it's just not viable, storage in the likes of the old kinsale gas field would go a long way to cover the gap left along with more renewables, all will be an extreme tiny fraction of the cost of the cheapest nuclear installation.

Ireland will be importing plenty of nuclear power to keep the lights on now that France has strongly committed to it - meanwhile the greenwash brigade here will still be faffing around with the wind scam while issues like energy poverty, damage to natural heritage etc, continue to escalate

I was using 20% as a likely upper limit based on the % coming from the UK being around 20%–so not based on much but not quite from thin air either. I didn't claim it to be 20%.

What a brainless post - I suggest yo do some research on what grids in Europe have the lowest Carbon footprint before you go posting rubbish like that🙄

So if you ignore the long list of exceptions Ireland is great, your map is also flawed as it is a snapshot that just happens to concede with storm Dudley🙄 - must be why we've recently announced the building of half a dozen gas plants to keep the lights on.