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> How about we put the reactors in the middle of the desert Nuclear reactors, much like other kinds of industrial power stations, require enormous amounts of w
by jacques_chester 8y ago
> How about we put the reactors in the middle of the desert
Nuclear reactors, much like other kinds of industrial power stations, require enormous amounts of water for cooling towers. They don't put them next to rivers because it looks cool.
- gwbas1c 8y agoDeserts get cold at night, and some even have rain. (Just go to Burning Man!) I suspect someone could figure out some kind of a heat sink that works without lots of fresh water.
- jacques_chester 8y agoMaybe they could. But water is much better at carrying waste heat and the population centres demanding electricity tend to be close to rivers and lakes anyhow.