Saskatchewan, Ontario to roll out mini-nuclear reactors

Re:Saskatchewan, Ontario to roll out mini-nuclear reactors by slimebot80 on Thursday July 14, 2022 @02:58AM (#32092859)

Ah yes. There is no sun in winter.

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Re:Saskatchewan, Ontario to roll out mini-nuclear reactors by orthecreedence on Thursday July 14, 2022 @03:03AM (#32092887)

There's no sun under 5 feet of snow. There's also much less sun in overcast. And even less sun at northern latitudes.

Oh, and bonus, wildfire smoke blotting out the sun regularly in the summers now!

Seems sensible to pick a power source that doesn't depend on the sun with that many variables.

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Re:Saskatchewan, Ontario to roll out mini-nuclear reactors by oceanplexian on Thursday July 14, 2022 @03:04AM (#32092900)

I’ve lived in places in the US where the sun didn’t shine for an entire month in a particularly bad season. I have no idea what a month long utility-grade battery looks like but I’m pretty sure it doesn’t exist.

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Re:Saskatchewan, Ontario to roll out mini-nuclear reactors by krzyk on Thursday July 14, 2022 @04:22AM (#32093443)

In winter solars produce fraction of the energy that they do in summer. You would need to oversize them 10x or even more. But then, during summer it would be wasted, unless you have a large accumulator.

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Re:Saskatchewan, Ontario to roll out mini-nuclear reactors by jeltz on Thursday July 14, 2022 @08:17AM (#32094964)

Yes, that is a thing in parts of the world.

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Re:Saskatchewan, Ontario to roll out mini-nuclear reactors by slimebot80 on Thursday July 14, 2022 @07:49PM (#32102769)

But they were discussing a particular part, no?

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