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> It runs 24/7 on a tiny land and material footprint. Isn't that a myth though ? Nuclear plants have planned and unplanned maintenance downtime. They actually
by johnchristopher 4y ago
> It runs 24/7 on a tiny land and material footprint.
Isn't that a myth though ? Nuclear plants have planned and unplanned maintenance downtime. They actually have enough of these in my country that it's deemed unreliable or as reliable as wind turbines (depends on who you ask).
- smaudet 4y agoI think tiny relative to a coal installation? I'm just guessing here, though, all nuclear facilities I have seen are fairly enormous, albeit their size is small compared to the number of required non-nuclear plants it would take to replace their energy output.
- johnchristopher 4y agoObviously my comment is about service availability, not land surface.