• lurch (he/him)
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    45 months ago

    all reactors are built near water and susceptible to some sort of flooding though. i realized that after German Biblis was hit by a flood earlier this month

    • @[email protected]
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      5 months ago

      So is nearly every coal/gas thermal power plant ever built. Steam turbines need water and cooling, thr type of thermal generation used doesn’t change that.

      • lurch (he/him)
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        35 months ago

        the point is: other types of power plants just spill less hazardous materials when destroyed by a flood and don’t have the additional risk of a meltdown.

        • @aubeynarf
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          55 months ago

          Coal ash is arguably a bigger contamination risk.