Old Rocks
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Pumped storage, where the land permits is, is a major resource for grid scale storage.
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Pumped storage, where the land permits is, is a major resource for grid scale storage.
Unproven technology and dangerous by products. All nuclear thus far has been very expensive compared to renewables.I prefer "Small Nuclear Reactors" (SMRs) to modernize and secure our grid. By having decentralized small nuclear reactors, you have clean power and the ability to firewall each SMR against hackers.
Small Nuclear Power Reactors - World Nuclear Association
There is revival of interest in small and simpler units for generating electricity from nuclear power, and for process heat. This interest in smaller nuclear power reactors is driven both by a desire to reduce the impact of capital costs and to provide power away from large grid systems.www.world-nuclear.org
Pumped storage, where the land permits is, is a major resource for grid scale storage.
Nuclear reactors are "unproven technology"????? Are you being serious?Unproven technology and dangerous by products. All nuclear thus far has been very expensive compared to renewables.I prefer "Small Nuclear Reactors" (SMRs) to modernize and secure our grid. By having decentralized small nuclear reactors, you have clean power and the ability to firewall each SMR against hackers.
Small Nuclear Power Reactors - World Nuclear Association
There is revival of interest in small and simpler units for generating electricity from nuclear power, and for process heat. This interest in smaller nuclear power reactors is driven both by a desire to reduce the impact of capital costs and to provide power away from large grid systems.www.world-nuclear.org
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Pumped storage, where the land permits is, is a major resource for grid scale storage.
They also have the hydro storage in use on the Columbia gorge. It has great potential. Another hydro generator that is not getting due attention is capturing the energy that is created by wave/tidal action.we already have grid scale storage.....oil, gas and coal
And where have they ran these mini-nukes, and for how long? What is the estimated cost per MW? And what do you do with the waste and the reactor after it is done?Nuclear reactors are "unproven technology"????? Are you being serious?Unproven technology and dangerous by products. All nuclear thus far has been very expensive compared to renewables.I prefer "Small Nuclear Reactors" (SMRs) to modernize and secure our grid. By having decentralized small nuclear reactors, you have clean power and the ability to firewall each SMR against hackers.
Small Nuclear Power Reactors - World Nuclear Association
There is revival of interest in small and simpler units for generating electricity from nuclear power, and for process heat. This interest in smaller nuclear power reactors is driven both by a desire to reduce the impact of capital costs and to provide power away from large grid systems.www.world-nuclear.org
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Pumped storage, where the land permits is, is a major resource for grid scale storage.
Pumped storage, where the land permits is, is a major resource for grid scale storage.
Soooooo, where's all that water going to come fr
Pumped storage, where the land permits is, is a major resource for grid scale storage.
Soooooo, where's all that water going to come fr
The one on the Columbia pumps it out of the river behind John Day Dam to a reservoir on the land above the gorge. Then it returns that same water to the river generating more energy as the water is allowed to flow back through tubes with turbines attached. It doesn't actually use the water just the gravitational energy.
Pumped storage, where the land permits is, is a major resource for grid scale storage.
Soooooo, where's all that water going to come fr
The one on the Columbia pumps it out of the river behind John Day Dam to a reservoir on the land above the gorge. Then it returns that same water to the river generating more energy as the water is allowed to flow back through tubes with turbines attached. It doesn't actually use the water just the gravitational energy.
Yes, the point is, where this sort of thing can be used is quite limited. Thus it is NOT a solution. It is merely a new way to destroy yet more arable land.
We have over a half a century of experience managing nuclear reactors safely and disposing of the waste. Let's deploy the SMRs to a few remote communities and see how that goes. As we gain experience and confidence SMRs could grow into a significant asset for our power grids. I don't see them as the end all solution, I do see them being very valuable for serving rural communities and offloading the main power grids.And where have they ran these mini-nukes, and for how long? What is the estimated cost per MW? And what do you do with the waste and the reactor after it is done?
Pumped storage, where the land permits is, is a major resource for grid scale storage.