Re:How do you make safe, cheap nuclear reactors? Bury them a...
by LorenPechtel on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @06:32PM
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But coal most certainly does.
A nuclear plant that emitted like a coal plant would be shut down pronto.
And consider the Palo Verde nuclear plant. They had to get an NRC exemption on radioactivity of their discharge water. They had a little problem: their intake water didn't meet the discharge water requirements. They're using reclaimed sewage water--and getting the radioactivity that goes down the toilet from nuclear medicine patients.
A nuclear plant that emitted like a coal plant would be shut down pronto.
And consider the Palo Verde nuclear plant. They had to get an NRC exemption on radioactivity of their discharge water. They had a little problem: their intake water didn't meet the discharge water requirements. They're using reclaimed sewage water--and getting the radioactivity that goes down the toilet from nuclear medicine patients.