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> Large nuclear wants to be somewhere that the (physically enormous) electric station and connection to the grid makes sense. Like Bodega Head where you can ac
by Lammy 4y ago
> Large nuclear wants to be somewhere that the (physically enormous) electric station and connection to the grid makes sense.
Like Bodega Head where you can actually visit the never-finished reactor pit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodega_Bay_Nuclear_Power_Plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodega_Bay_Nuclear_Power_Plant
- amluto 4y agoTo be fair, if it was going to be a Fukushima-style boiling water reactor that can fail dangerously if it loses power, sticking it that close to a major fault line in an isolated area may not be the best idea.
- Lammy 4y agoI honestly don't believe that :) At Fukushima, the reactor SCRAMed successfully and it was the seawater that took out the generators powering the decay-heat cooling system. If California experienced a wave that could crest Bodega Head's yuge natural seawall then we have bigger problems lol https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=96773349539f93042d90063536ffd22f https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/ht-bin/tv_browse.pl?id=96773349539f93...
- arcticbull 4y agoDo you know how many people died from radiation as a result of the Fukushima accident? Zero. Maybe one depending on how you count.
- amluto 4y agoIt was nonetheless a messy and very expensive accident. Avoiding a repeat would be nice.