Nuclear plant has been historically built nearby water body without water loss (evaporating). Shift to open system happened mostly in US. Majority of plants are still located in coast side (UK, Korea, Japan, Finland etc) using sea water, inland one still utilize river water (France).

For new US reactors likely employ open system so your water concern stands, though its open evaporation system is optimized better than unoptimized data center ones.

Closed watet system is expensive and less scalable construction wise.

Nuclear plant employs it because the water has direct contact to the nuclear fuel, containing radioactive minerals. It cannot be released outside without treatment. It is necessity than choice. Companies would’ve chosen open water system if regulation allowed to so that they don’t have to pay the cleanup fee.

Nuclear plant has closed water system and usually dumps heat to nearby lake or sea. It ofc has environmental impact but less on freahwater usage compared to AI data centers that cool machines using freah water and in a way hard to recover water.

Tho when it comes to nuclear plant the elephant in the room is the hazardous waste it produces that takes next 100,000 years to settle. We’re doing “let’s fuck around bcs we won’t find out in our lifetime” again.

Wind (and tidal) are affected by climate, may become unsustainable and imo the true free energy is solar.

Its symbolic move of defiance. Calbee has been queried by the govt for contradicting their “no shortage” claim.

Petrol firms in Japan suggested the cabinet to take measure in reducing demands bcs they knew the numbers better in April but govt ignored.

Calbee didn’t retract their decision aftet queried. The shortage is true, it’s a marketing to make it clear.

That sounds like FIRE than NEET but idk there can be overlap.