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In the winter that is true but in the summer some of them have had to limit production because the water to cool the plant is too hot. https://www.climatefores
by lizknope 5y ago
In the winter that is true but in the summer some of them have had to limit production because the water to cool the plant is too hot.
https://www.climateforesight.eu/energy/nuclear-power-feeling-the-heat/ https://www.climateforesight.eu/energy/nuclear-power-feeling...
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/27/632988813/hot-weather-spells-trouble-for-nuclear-power-plants https://www.npr.org/2018/07/27/632988813/hot-weather-spells-...
- jeffbee 5y agoThere was a nuclear power station that shutdown in Texas this past winter after its cooling system malfunctioned in the extreme (for Texas) cold weather. Thermal power stations face a panoply of potential malfunctions, regardless of their heat source. They are very, very complex.