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Nuclear power anyone??
On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:13:57 -0500, Boating All Out
wrote: In article , says... On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:50:46 -0400, wrote: If it were a closed system... lake water flows into the plant, cools the reactor, then flows down hill, it could generate enough energy (with a boost from the heat produced) to create enough power to pump some of the water back to the lake. The water would be contaminated, but it would be better than a meltdown. I would have the plant very close to the lake... just down hill from it. The problem is most lakes are at the bottom of the hill. That is why survival training teaches you, when in doubt, walk down hill. That is where the water is and people congregate around the water. It's a tough problem... we do have lakes formed by dams. Those spill into rivers. There are several around here. Hold on there. First you want to contaminate a lake with radioactivity. Then you want to put a nuclear reactor near a dam. Are you by any chance Japanese? Heh... well, I was thinking of the lake as a last resort, and since it would likely have to have a dam... hmm... it would be nice to find a solution to the safety issue, but I guess that's not it.  Goodpoints. I believe the current design that had the problem had the spent rods pool above the reactor, and I've heard some speculation that the reason was having a reserve pool of water... doesn't really make much sense, since the rods get hot also. Where is fusion when we need it... |
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