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Not only are the costs comparable to a carbon thermal plant, the generating equipment is identical, and the cooling needs are also identical. Solution: build n
by samatman 4y ago
Not only are the costs comparable to a carbon thermal plant, the generating equipment is identical, and the cooling needs are also identical.
Solution: build nuclear cores as close to existing coal plants as possible, shut the coal plant down, and move everything from the steam boiler to the wires to the nuclear plant.
Repeat until no coal.
- pfdietz 4y agoThe cooling needs on a LWR are actually a bit higher, per unit of electrical power output, because the steam temperature is lower than that of a coal plant. The discrepancy is much larger for combined cycle plants.