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Keep in mind that not everything is golden in the promised land of nuclear energy production that is France: If it gets too hot to use river water for cooling,
by cygx 12y ago
Keep in mind that not everything is golden in the promised land of nuclear energy production that is France: If it gets too hot to use river water for cooling, they have to shut down their nuclear reactors and import electricity from their european neighbours.
For that matter, they also have problems when it gets too cold: The French generally use electricity for heating and they cannot meet demand on their own.
- h1fra 12y agoThat sentences is only half true. Yes they river water for cooling, but water is not polluted as it's not in direct contact. French use mostly electricity for heating, but we are importing only for some occasion when temperature are very cold which append maybe 10-20 times a year. The rest of the year we are heavily exporting to england & italy. You can see all this in realtime here http://www.rte-france.com/fr/developpement-durable/eco2mix/production-d-electricite-par-filiere http://www.rte-france.com/fr/developpement-durable/eco2mix/p... And number are self explanatory, 1/4 is exported at the time I write this.
- cygx 12y ago> Yes they river water for cooling, but water is not polluted as it's not in direct contact. Which I never claimed. I don't know why you mentioned that. > we are importing only for some occasion when temperature are very cold which append maybe 10-20 times a year There was a spike in 2009, where France was a net importer for 57 days - basically, French nuclear plants could not satisfy demand for 2 months. I stand by my points.