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> Not that I mind nuclear.. just not sure where it'll fit in in the future. Just used in some key industrial areas maybe? Nuclear submarines, and that is about

> Not that I mind nuclear.. just not sure where it'll fit in in the future. Just used in some key industrial areas maybe? Nuclear submarines, and that is about it.

coryrc 4y ago
Process heat for industrial use? Desalinization?
- Gwypaas 4y ago
  Compared to heat pumps and renewables? I see it as very unlikely.
  - coryrc 4y ago
    Heat pumps aren't great above 80°C more-or-less.
    - Gwypaas 4y ago
      Just naïvely I would think that you used multi stage heat-pumps with different heat transfer fluids? Unless the process heat is thousands of degrees, but then we are already using inefficient methods like arc furnaces.