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> I am wary of nuclear's sustainability due to usage of fresh water I feel like there should be ways to engineer around this especially for reactors near the c
by nyokodo 4y ago
> I am wary of nuclear's sustainability due to usage of fresh water
I feel like there should be ways to engineer around this especially for reactors near the coast. Use some of the power from the plant to desalinate sea water or engineer to use sea water?
- PaulHoule 4y agoSeabrook nuclear power station in New Hampshire (where I grew up) is cooled by ocean water and has no cooling towers https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6367683 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6367683 I seem to recall Jackie Srouji (a navy intelligence agent who got busted when she talked big to a reporter after Karen Silkwood died under mysterious circumstances) also got busted by Navy Seals when she went for a swim to check out the water intakes for the San Onofre power station near San Diego.