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Some nuclear plants, including the largest in the world (Bruce NGS in Canada), have steam bypass systems allowing electrical output be curtailed without reducin
by eigenvector 10y ago
Some nuclear plants, including the largest in the world (Bruce NGS in Canada), have steam bypass systems allowing electrical output be curtailed without reducing thermal output. You just dump the thermal energy into a lake.
- rbanffy 10y agoOn a plant near the ocean, any surplus power could be used for desalination, solving two problems, one of them for free.