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France’s nuclear fleet gives it one of the world’s lowest-carbon electricity grids (ourworldindata.org)
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[–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

With more power than it generated?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    No, recycling spent fuel into new fuel or even the rather wasteful process of depositing it for long-term storage uses only a fraction of the energy generated by nuclear fission in reactors.

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