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14DusBriver t1_ixs0s9u wrote

Reply to comment by marioquartz in Germany approves welfare reform, extends nuclear power | Germany's upper house of parliament approved measures aimed at helping people hit hard by high energy prices and the high cost of living. The country's nuclear power extension will also take effect immediately. by misana123

Thermal pollution is more manageable than CO2 emissions

Dump hot water into the water table and it’s not like it irreversibly contaminates the groundwater supply for generations.

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Archerfenris t1_ixs35t2 wrote

The problem is that nuclear plants don’t return water back to nature…they take it away, but they don’t return it. It’s called a condenser and they keep using unused steam until it’s used up. I seriously have no clue where this idea that nuclear plants overheat rivers is coming from…

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Magickmaster t1_ixs4n7f wrote

In the end the water is returned to the environment. It's not 'used up' - that's not physically possible. Either through exhaust water or steam, it's going out again. But yeah, thr heat is used as much as possible.

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Archerfenris t1_ixtldnc wrote

Right- but they’re not dumping boiling water into the rivers is my point.

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Dumpster_Buddy t1_ixsbk4v wrote

Massive propaganda campaign was run from 70 to late 90s pushing this idea heavily. It only has a minor truth to it, where if a plant goes from critical to super critical, they will siphon and push water to cool old style reactors down, then put it back into a lake or river.

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Archerfenris t1_ixtltzy wrote

Yeah- there is a serious anti-nuclear crowd and I’m all for if you’re just opposed to it, but it’s the lies and propaganda that get me

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marioquartz t1_ixsagmt wrote

From Nuclear plants in France. Part of the water is returned to rivers. And even if you dont return it, there are other actual problem the input of water is too warn.

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