Re:U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Weren’t Built for Climate Change
by pjc50 on Monday April 22, 2019 @06:37AM
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> "Nuclear power is weird—it exists to produce electricity, and at the same time it can’t exist without electricity.
This is a problem for a lot of power plants, although most non-nuclear ones can safely survive a sudden shutdown. Starting up after a total shutdown is known as "black start" and an important part of contingency planning: https://www.drax.com/technology/black-start-important-back-p...
This is a problem for a lot of power plants, although most non-nuclear ones can safely survive a sudden shutdown. Starting up after a total shutdown is known as "black start" and an important part of contingency planning: https://www.drax.com/technology/black-start-important-back-p...