Sweden’s incoming cabinet says new nuclear reactors will be built

Re:Sweden’s incoming cabinet says new nuclear reactors will ... by Melatonic on Friday October 14, 2022 @06:57PM (#33209776)

Honestly what we really need is something that we can pump that power into (not a battery - something productive I mean) so we can keep those reactors at higher efficiency levels. I do not know what that is but surely vast amounts of extra power could be used for something useful no? Research? Cleaning the air? Hot tubs for Walruses?

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Re:Sweden’s incoming cabinet says new nuclear reactors will ... by ncmncm on Friday October 14, 2022 @07:26PM (#33209996)

Excess power is most usefully applied capturing CO2 and desalinating water. But nukes' operating cost is too high for that. Spending a single year's operating cost on solar, and then using solar to do that work,leaves you with all subsequent years' opex available to use building out more solar.

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Re:Sweden’s incoming cabinet says new nuclear reactors will ... by andbberger on Saturday October 15, 2022 @01:15AM (#33211974)

fuel synthesis

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Re:Sweden’s incoming cabinet says new nuclear reactors will ... by kevinak on Sunday October 16, 2022 @02:14AM (#33221448)

Something that can turn on or off at a moments notice? Bitcoin mining is perfect and even subsidises the production costs :)

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