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> - the summer droughts caused nuclear reactors to stop due to the lack of water That very much depends on specific technology and is not inherent in all nucle
by panick21_ 4y ago
> - the summer droughts caused nuclear reactors to stop due to the lack of water
That very much depends on specific technology and is not inherent in all nuclear. If and how much water is needed depends very much on what and where you are building.
If we were not stuck with technology from 1960 this wouldn't have been an issue for decades, but instead of innovating the last 40 years nuclear industry had to fight a battle for survival and with very little research.
> - russia provides ~40% of ALL nuclear fuel
This is because Russia had a explicit policy of underbidding nuclear everybody in nuclear fuel providing.
This is not inevitable, there is plenty of nuclear material in lots of places and many places that can make fuel.
Nuclear fuel is far easier to transport then gas.