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Nuclear energy has entered the chat Why not use nuclear power plants to power desalination plants? I even wonder if some of the salt from the brine could be fe
by no_wizard 3y ago
Nuclear energy has entered the chat
Why not use nuclear power plants to power desalination plants? I even wonder if some of the salt from the brine could be fed into certain types of nuclear reactors (Molten Salt Reactors and the like, possibly) making it an even more symbiotic relationship
- anamexis 3y agoThe OP brushes on this
- acidburnNSA 3y agoMassive-scale desalination with nuclear has been proposed for decades by many nations. Here's a proposal (originally pushed by JFK) for using them to transform the Middle East into a luscious mecca, thereby solving any arable land scarcity issues (from 1967) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b643596&view=1up&seq=9&skin=2021 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b643596&view=1up... More modern take here: https://www.iaea.org/topics/non-electric-applications/nuclear-desalination https://www.iaea.org/topics/non-electric-applications/nuclea...