Germany shelves Nord Stream 2 pipeline

Re:Germany shelves Nord Stream 2 pipeline by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @09:02AM (#30427992)

Germans can barely get their heads around nuclear energy. Pumping fluids that have been anywhere near a reactor into homes will be untenable.

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Re:Germany shelves Nord Stream 2 pipeline by _ph_ on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @10:27AM (#30429087)

I don't think this is the core problem, that would have been to build a nuclear reactor so close to a major city, that you could run a pipe to it.

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Re:Germany shelves Nord Stream 2 pipeline by cinntaile on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @11:19AM (#30429719)

As you can tell from the map that's not really an issue. Nuclear power plants aren't in the middle of nowhere, they need access to an educated workforce.

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-map-of-Nuclear-Power...

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Re:Germany shelves Nord Stream 2 pipeline by _ph_ on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @02:11PM (#30432203)

They aren't in the middle of nowhere, but usually quite a bit away from city centers, for safety reasons. Too far for a hot water line to be practical.

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Re:Germany shelves Nord Stream 2 pipeline by cinntaile on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @02:26PM (#30432411)

Up to 30km is no problem for water between 90-175 degrees celcius, so you reach plenty of cities.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.02.080

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Re:Germany shelves Nord Stream 2 pipeline by LargoLasskhyfv on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @05:46PM (#30434958)

SMRs operating at atmospheric pressure, or otherwise more managable due to smaller scales may alleviate that.

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