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"look at France just how catastrophic nuclear power actually is" I assume you are referring to power plants that has to shut down due to low water levels? If
by ClumsyPilot 4y ago
"look at France just how catastrophic nuclear power actually is"
I assume you are referring to power plants that has to shut down due to low water levels?
If the powerplant is designed with a source of eater in mind, it will have tp shut down when the water is gone. It does not matter if the plant is oil, coal or nuclear.
Plenty of nuclear powerplants use seawater for cooling, and none of them had to shutdown.
- mschuster91 4y ago> I assume you are referring to power plants that has to shut down due to low water levels? It goes way worse than the drought. For the sake of not spamming around the same text, I consolidated the list of issues here in a sibling comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32605337 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32605337 > Plenty of nuclear powerplants use seawater for cooling, and none of them had to shutdown. Plants at the seawater border are vulnerable to floods as a result of extreme weather conditions, we've seen the consequences of that in Fukushima. Additionally, being close to the sea means the plants are vulnerable to the rise of sea water, which is a risk for the future.