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 (DIR) Post #AkCtNLF01XfafFZcg4 by geordie@aus.social
       2024-07-23T01:36:26Z
       
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       Has anyone thought to ask Dutton where all the water is coming from for nuclear? I don't know a lot about nuclear energy but I know you need a massive concrete box, a fucktonne of water, then the nuclear bits in the box with the water. Seems like a project that needs An Amount of water would need explaining in this country that droughts every other week.
       
 (DIR) Post #AkCty2Ezd2QiS24F16 by bastardsheep@aus.social
       2024-07-23T01:43:04Z
       
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       @geordie They're planning to build them where existing coal is aren't they? I have no idea how the water usage compares, but I was expecting people to make a bigger deal out of it before now if nuclear uses significantly more water than coal.Have I been giving people too big a benefit of the doubt, too much credit, with my expectations? I genuinely wouldn't know if I had just been naive here.
       
 (DIR) Post #AkCvNb2dTfMVZr2WzQ by jamesh@aus.social
       2024-07-23T01:58:53Z
       
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       @geordie Aren't they pretty similar to coal fired power stations in this regard, using a heat source to power a steam turbine?Would nuclear use significantly more water to generate the same amount of electricity?
       
 (DIR) Post #AkCvYk6m6kFksnI5sO by geordie@aus.social
       2024-07-23T02:00:54Z
       
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       @jamesh yes because it's also used to cool the rods etc.
       
 (DIR) Post #AkCviJlMui4g4PqNyi by geordie@aus.social
       2024-07-23T02:02:38Z
       
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       @jamesh you need water to turn into steam, water to cool the rods, then circulating water to cool the steam back into water.
       
 (DIR) Post #AkCwWtZQ3bs9bUN7js by jamesh@aus.social
       2024-07-23T02:11:47Z
       
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       @geordie Isn't "water to cool the rods" just part of the heat exchange to create the steam? And using water to condense the steam would also seem to apply to any other thermal power plant.This paper seems to put coal and nuclear in the same ballpark: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032119305994I am not saying Dutton's plan is a good one, but I'm not sure water use is the argument against it.