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Finishline42

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7. What?

Reply to NNadir (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 20, 2022, 07:26 PM

Sep 2022

And I'm being asked to count beans on coal to nuclear conversions?

Of course it doesn't matter if you count the beans - the people that count the beans do matter and it's why this isn't getting more attention. Nuclear is the most expensive electricity on the grid and it's not getting any cheaper.

I wonder as well if there's a lot more involved that just building a containment building for a reactor in the conversion. As I said earlier there are a lot of different types/styles of turbines, sure wish someone with expertise in this area would add some input.

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Three DOE National Labs (ORNL, ANL, INL) Report on the Conversion of Coal Plants to Nuclear Plants. [View all] NNadir Sep 2022 OP

We ought to start this now, before the inevitable "Perl Harbor" global warming crisis... hunter Sep 2022 #1

In the report they've identified 157 retired coal plants that could be converted to nuclear plants. NNadir Sep 2022 #2

Presumably, if nuclear power plants were running full power, 24/7... hunter Sep 2022 #8

Except... Finishline42 Sep 2022 #9

Electricity is a thermodynamically degraded form of energy with an important exception. NNadir Sep 2022 #11

I might have missed it, but I didn't see how long and at what cost would be involved to Finishline42 Sep 2022 #3

Cost to whom? NNadir Sep 2022 #4

At this time Finishline42 Sep 2022 #5

Well, rather than read and reread my responses, people could find things out for themselves. NNadir Sep 2022 #6

What? Finishline42 Sep 2022 #7

I apologize for not getting back to you quickly on this post. NNadir Sep 2022 #10