One of the oldest known human settlements is about to be flooded by a dam

Re:One of the oldest known human settlements is about to be ... by kragen on Friday October 04, 2019 @02:46PM (#21160662)

As I said, in the US the NRC prohibits you from attempting a nuclear plant black start — that is, starting the plant during an ongoing LOOP event. So, at least in the US context, it's nonsense to talk about "a nuclear plant black start". Black start is a grid event, not a power-plant event.

The 40% number is not based on the New York blackout, which was in 1965 and not in 1967 as you say, and it is not hypothetical; one number is based on the black start capacity system operators file and pay power plant operators for, and the other is based on actual black start events.

It is true that that is not why nuclear plants are sited near water.

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Re:One of the oldest known human settlements is about to be ... by beerandt on Sunday October 06, 2019 @09:16PM (#21176468)

Just because the nuclear plant is connected to an active grid (in the process of restarting or otherwise), doesn't mean the grid has capacity to supply power for the plant to start.

The 1967 study was conducted in the wake of the 1965 blackout.

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