News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Michigan could provide $300M to reopen nuclear power plant. Parent comment

Re:Michigan could provide $300M to reopen nuclear power plant by hedora on Monday April 17, 2023 @10:01PM (#35609104)
They needed a water supply for cooling, and there aren’t many natural lakes in the midwest.

Also, how bad would it actually be if the plant melted down into the lake? There would be a lot of dilution.

The alternatives in that area included unfiltered trash burning plants back when the nuclear plant was installed. It’s not obvious whether the trash burning plant running for 30-50 years would be worse than a meltdown.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Michigan could provide $300M to reopen nuclear power plant by vinay427 on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @04:39AM (#35611458)
> They needed a water supply for cooling, and there aren’t many natural lakes in the midwest.

Not contesting your actual point about situating the plant, but the midwest has more lakes than any other (similarly sized) region in the US, and particularly with the Great Lakes has access to the largest surface freshwater resource in the world.

https://teddit.net/r/MapPorn/comments/gu3ve3/number_of_lakes...

[ Parent | on HN ]