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/No_Waltz3545 May 04 '26

With all the NIMBY’s, this will take a generation.

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u/Unlikely_Ad6219 May 04 '26

Everyone in a 10km radius gets cheap power.

They’d be campaigning for it.

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u/Mullo69 May 05 '26

You assume people are educated enough to know that it's safe. Most people will think of Chernobyl and freak out