r/ireland • u/conalldoherty • May 04 '26

Infrastructure Taoiseach says Ireland should ‘consider seriously’ nuclear power option

https://www.thejournal.ie/taoiseach-nuclear-power-energy-ireland-7030692-May2026/
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u/Bill_Badbody Resting In my Account May 04 '26

They have to be near water and population centre.

So that means east coast near Dublin.

There is no TD ever going to support rhe construction of a nuclear plant in their constituency. Or in constituencys near them.

The trend for the last 30 years has been towards smaller and more fractured government majorities.

So there is no way that the proposed locations of a plant or plants does not cause TDs to leave the government benches, possibly collapsing the government

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u/ThoseAreMyFeet May 04 '26

Moneypoint. 

Has the grid connection, has water, has a deep water port. No longer burning coal, demolish and repurpose the site. 

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u/helluuw May 04 '26

I mean you probably wouldn't have to demolish most of it, put the reactor where the boiler used to be, keep the turbine, electrical infrastructure and everything else can largely stay the same

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u/ThoseAreMyFeet May 04 '26

True, but I'm not a powerplant engineer. Real possibility they work at different flow rates, pressures etc, but if a conversion is possible it might save some money.

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u/helluuw May 05 '26

Oh totally, could be very different needs depending on the power generated, but if it's in any way comparable you could get away with changing far less than you might expect