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Nuclear fission doesn't work because it requires a reliable flow of cool water. As such, it warms the planet too. Rivers are often too warm to cool nuclear plan
by QuickToBan 7y ago
Nuclear fission doesn't work because it requires a reliable flow of cool water. As such, it warms the planet too. Rivers are often too warm to cool nuclear plants, and so the plants have to pause operations. It's neither safe nor reliable.
- JamesBarney 7y agoMind linking to this, I've talked to several nuclear engineers who are spending their careers trying to solve problems related to nuclear energy adoption and none of them have mentioned this issue.
- QuickToBan 7y agoIf you read any non-HN news at all, you would've seen it over the years: https://www.apnews.com/2fef5c6a978b4fd5a79596020f0bac8a https://www.apnews.com/2fef5c6a978b4fd5a79596020f0bac8a https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/07/weatherwatch-nuclear-power-plants-feel-the-heat https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/07/weatherwatch-nu... https://energynews.us/2016/09/09/midwest/nuclear-plants-feel-the-heat-of-warming-water/ https://energynews.us/2016/09/09/midwest/nuclear-plants-feel... https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/health/20iht-nuke.1.5788480.html https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/health/20iht-nuke.1.57884... It has happened in the US too. This aside, the Fukushima nuclear disaster is a reminder that nuclear fission is not desirable.
- JamesBarney 7y agoInteresting reads. Thanks
- bassman9000 7y agoMSR