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> The point is that nuclear is the only known geographically independent way of generating carbon free energy that isn't subject to intermittency. For one, it
by jnxx 6y ago
> The point is that nuclear is the only known geographically independent way of generating carbon free energy that isn't subject to intermittency.
For one, it needs a cool river with lots of water available for cooling. Which with climate change is, even in the UK, becoming less ubiquitous than it was so far.
- manfredo 6y agoIt needs a source of water to run heat exchangers, but it doesn't need to be fresh water. It can run on seawater (which can also be used for desalination with the waste heat), or on wastewater.