Nuclear power plants in places near sea level rise

The UK government is planning to build nuclear power plants in places that will be inundated by sea level rise.

Long before the sea rises enough to permanently inundates them, it will create a Fukushima-like vulnerability to temporary rises.

Keep in mind that forecasts for sea-level rise are systematic underestimates. In addition, as global heating advances, new weather phenomena appear which we had no basis to suspect at lower temperatures, and often they cause positive feedback.

We ought to speed up our archaeological investigations of sites less than 20 meters above sea level — and start demolishing the cities which are doomed to be flooded, so we can discover the facts hidden under those places while they are still dry land.

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