Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants

Re:Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants by YetAnotherNick on Monday October 17, 2022 @04:09PM (#33238899)

I wouldn't like nuclear water heating my house.

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Re:Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants by xg15 on Monday October 17, 2022 @04:18PM (#33239004)

I mean...

I usually belong to the anti-nuclear crowd, but even I don't think that would be an issue.

From what I know, one of the iron rules of nuclear plant design is that the contaminated stuff never leaves the reactor building. Even the steam circuit that powers the generator is separated from the (contaminated) primary circuit and receives energy through a heat exchanger [1].

The lines for district heating would probably be separated from the primary circuits by several of those.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_exchanger

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Re:Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants by oynqr on Monday October 17, 2022 @04:17PM (#33238995)

I bet you don't travel by plane, either.

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Re:Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants by ChuckNorris89 on Monday October 17, 2022 @05:23PM (#33239682)

It's a separate circuit. That water never touches the reactor core.

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Re:Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants by llampx on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @04:58AM (#33244690)

This is the level of education the average German has.

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