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Yes, replacing coal boilers with nuclear boilers seems like a total no-brainer. Which is why it probably will never happen.
by EricE 3y ago
Yes, replacing coal boilers with nuclear boilers seems like a total no-brainer. Which is why it probably will never happen.
- mullingitover 3y agoIt’ll never happen because coal plants are actually littered with radioisotopes from the coal ash. You could hook up a reactor to a coal plant’s turbine for cheap, but they would immediately violate regulations because of the existing levels of radiation.
- credit_guy 3y agoWait, what? In your mind a coal power plant is knee deep in coal ash, and there's radioactivity everywhere, or something like that? Ever heard of the EPA [1]? [1] https://www.epa.gov/coalash/coal-ash-basics https://www.epa.gov/coalash/coal-ash-basics