I imagined all nuclear reactor power plants used steam.
Wasn't Fukushima's reactor one of the kind that use passive nuclear safety ?
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
As long as coal is being burned to generate power subsidizing solar is a waste of money.
Once the base load is covered with nuclear and other power sources that work at night then add more solar power generation to cover peak load.
Or cover the peak load with solar then replace the base load with nuclear.
The United States could build 25 or so AP1000 reactors and put a nice dent in coals market share of electricity production.
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