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Re:Germany to switch off last remaining nuclear power plants by Mashimo on Thursday April 13, 2023 @09:32AM (#35555187)
> Nuclear power plants provides stable power regardless of weather, wind and climate

I know some German powerplants have to lower power output when the cooling water gets low during heat waves: https://qz.com/1348969/europes-heatwave-is-forcing-nuclear-p...

But is that still the case with newly build plants?

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Re:Germany to switch off last remaining nuclear power plants by JanSt on Thursday April 13, 2023 @09:34AM (#35555219)
Not a single german nuclear plant was powered down to heat or low water.
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Re:Germany to switch off last remaining nuclear power plants by Mashimo on Thursday April 13, 2023 @09:38AM (#35555262)
Thanks. Corrected.

Do you know if it still the case with modern reactors that they are affected by heatwaves?

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Re:Germany to switch off last remaining nuclear power plants by JanSt on Thursday April 13, 2023 @09:47AM (#35555388)
It‘s rather easy to build cooling towers, so only a small problem.
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Re:Germany to switch off last remaining nuclear power plants by PurpleRamen on Thursday April 13, 2023 @10:24AM (#35555957)
Which is not really true. German plants were also throttling down significantly in summer. They were just not completely shutting down.
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Re:Germany to switch off last remaining nuclear power plants by JanSt on Friday April 14, 2023 @04:25AM (#35566937)
Citation?
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Re:Germany to switch off last remaining nuclear power plants by TheLoafOfBread on Thursday April 13, 2023 @09:43AM (#35555329)
Not German power plants, French ones, where they were cheaping out on cooling towers by not building them and are using rivers for 3rd stage cooling.
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