Nuclear is back on the table for a green future

Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future by pfdietz on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @12:46PM (#31755678)

Pumped hydro doesn't use up the water. It goes back and forth between the lower and the upper reservoirs. Some evaporates, for sure, but that's a tiny fraction of the water that would be evaporated cooling a NPP of the same power output.

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Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future by ncmncm on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @01:16PM (#31756123)

Furthermore, putting floating solar on the reservoirs would eliminate much of the evaporation.

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Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future by chelical on Thursday June 16, 2022 @02:57PM (#31769623)

Sure it doesn't use water, but it's still taking water out of the ecosystem. Why is that not considered when we have record low water levels.

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Re:Nuclear is back on the table for a green future by ncmncm on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @05:30PM (#31759716)

And, when it is used for storage, it is at higher altitude, so evaporates less.

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