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> Nuclear power plants provides stable power regardless of weather, wind and climate I know some German powerplants have to lower power output when the cooling
by Mashimo 4y ago
> Nuclear power plants provides stable power regardless of weather, wind and climate
I know some German powerplants have to lower power output when the cooling water gets low during heat waves: https://qz.com/1348969/europes-heatwave-is-forcing-nuclear-power-plants-to-shut-down https://qz.com/1348969/europes-heatwave-is-forcing-nuclear-p...
But is that still the case with newly build plants?
- JanSt 4y agoNot a single german nuclear plant was powered down to heat or low water.
- Mashimo 4y agoThanks. Corrected. Do you know if it still the case with modern reactors that they are affected by heatwaves?
- JanSt 4y agoIt‘s rather easy to build cooling towers, so only a small problem.
- PurpleRamen 4y agoWhich is not really true. German plants were also throttling down significantly in summer. They were just not completely shutting down.
- JanSt 4y agoCitation?
- TheLoafOfBread 4y agoNot German power plants, French ones, where they were cheaping out on cooling towers by not building them and are using rivers for 3rd stage cooling.