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Nuclear power: not flaky like renewables

From xyzzy@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 20 16:30:32 2022

This week, Europe found itself in a nasty feedback loop as record
temperatures sent electricity demand soaring but also forced sharp cuts in power from nuclear plants in the region because the extreme heat made it difficult to cool the reactors

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/climate/global-energy-crisis-climate-war.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/climate/global-energy-crisis-climate-war.html?referringSource=articleShare

(Note: I support nuclear power but still…)

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From Con Reeder, unhyphenated American@21:1/5 to xyzzy on Thu Jul 21 03:32:46 2022

On 2022-07-20, xyzzy <[email protected]> wrote:

This week, Europe found itself in a nasty feedback loop as record temperatures sent electricity demand soaring but also forced sharp cuts in power from nuclear plants in the region because the extreme heat made it difficult to cool the reactors

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/climate/global-energy-crisis-climate-war.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/climate/global-energy-crisis-climate-war.html?referringSource=articleShare

(Note: I support nuclear power but still…)

The big problem, I think, is really low lake levels that you could
trace to lots of things including heat. A couple-few degrees in intake temperature makes a difference in efficiency, to be sure. But it's
small compared to the intermittency of wind (and solar), which is a much
bigger problem right now.

There are some French plants that are old that have developed cracks
in the cooling system, but you can't really relate that to the current
heat wave.

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