Romania is shutting down its Cernavodă nuclear power plant due to low water levels on the River Danube
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/romania-shuts-cernavod-nuclear-plant-091827450.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/romania-shuts-cernavod-nuclear-plant-091827450.html
9 Comments
myrmidex@belgae.social · 7 pts · 20d
I do wonder whether this dry summer has poked a hole in the viability of nuclear power plants
Quacksalber@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 20d
But but but SMRs are going to totally fix every downside nuclear has! Just you wait! And now lend those poor SMR-developing companies some money, it's totally going to pay off! /s
Akord@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 20d
You sound like coal enjoyer.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 20d
keep in mind one man's drought is another's flood.
dbdr@nord.pub · 1 pts · 20d
I don't think that helps.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 20d
my point was that just because your local region has difficulty to manage cooling for nuclear power, doesn't mean everybody has problems cooling nuclear power.
liuther9@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 20d
Solar
reddig33@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 20d
Plus wind. Plus cheap sodium neighborhood backup batteries.
Abrinoxus@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 20d
Brown danube