Idk why the actor nepo babies get so defensive. My favorite part of watching a new movie is going wow they look familiar I wonder if they have 1 or 2 or 3 famous parents
@Chungeoisie@ItsChicagoku@uenlingual@Staroxvia Yea that's a separate statement. Coal plants don't have gas turbines. Nuclear uses more cooling water than coal because all the waste heat is removed with water. Coal uses more water when using carbon capture, but those are currently very uncommon.
@Chungeoisie@ItsChicagoku@uenlingual@Staroxvia Yes lol. There is waste heat that is leaving through flue gases that needs to be removed via water with nuclear. Nuclear power has higher water use per MWh. This doesn't make coal or natural gas a better option, but it's an important consideration with growing water scarcity.
@Chungeoisie@ItsChicagoku@uenlingual@Staroxvia Conventional nuclear reactors need more water for cooling because none of the heat energy is being released through gas because combustion isn't occurring like it does with coal and gas.
@uenlingual@Staroxvia Currently coal plants are being replaced with natural gas to meet these peaks in demand. Conventional nuclear is not easily ramped up to balance the loads, small modular nuclear reactors can be ramped up and down much more quickly.