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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Now, let's include output factor. A nuke will output 95% of rated power over its life (which can be a hundred years).
My particular solar installation is 6.4 kW, and I achieve 12.5% of the nameplate generation capacity. Hopeful it lasts 25 years.
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What planet was that reactor designed for?
As your dry-bulb heat-sink ambient temperature continues to climb, your delta-T for heat rejection continues to narrow.
There's a point where you must curtail generation to thermally protect the fuel rods.
As the latent heat in the atmosphere continues to increase, cooling tower efficiency falls.
Does you engineering design take 'historic', non-linear temperature increases into account?
Ever been a boiler operator?
Do you know how long it takes to re-tube a nuke? Or any other steam-turbine operation? Coal? Natural gas ?