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Wikipedia has some numbers. Hydro has caused the largest single-event catastrophe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_accidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
by dirtyaura 9y ago
Wikipedia has some numbers. Hydro has caused the largest single-event catastrophe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_accidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_accidents
- ZeroGravitas 9y agoRelevantly, some nuclear plants are paired with hydro schemes, in order to make the flat output of nuclear plants economically match the bumpy daytime peak of consumer demand.
- dfox 9y agoThe reason why many nuclear plants are colocated with hydroelectric dams is that the dam is good source for cooling water in 3rd cooling loop and that it is good backup power source for black start of the nuclear plant. Ability of nuclear plant to scale its output power according to demand is usually significantly higher than of hydro.