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Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by pedrocr on Thursday March 11, 2021 @09:41AM (#26424458)
> Heat and transport are the dominant areas, and both are still mostly fossil-based.

Nuclear is not used for any of those either. And to use nuclear for heat and transport the easiest way is to just turn it into electricity and use EVs and heat pumps. So we're back to how to clean up electricity.

Cleaning up the grid isn't just useful for the immediate emissions benefit, it's also because if you concentrate the clean technology there you can decouple the problem and clean up everything else by electrifying. There are things like fertilizers and steel where we have more than just the energy input to clean up and even those have solutions based on electrification.

Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by zajio1am on Thursday March 11, 2021 @10:48AM (#26425259)
> Nuclear is not used for any of those either.

Sometimes, nuclear is used directly for heating by distributing heat to district heating systems.

Re:Nuclear power looks to regain its footing 10 years after ... by pedrocr on Thursday March 11, 2021 @11:11AM (#26425562)
Sure, but as a side benefit. Maybe someone has actually proposed doing SMRs distributed over the country and heating all houses directly, but as far as I know it's never been done. It's usually preferred to have nuclear plants isolated from residential areas.