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Peter Clinch
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Mark Thompson wrote:
> Assuming they create heat which is then used to make electricity in the
> same way as normal power stations then they wouldn't be any worse in that
> respect than normal power generation, with the added advantage that they
> won't be chucking out CO2
Or any great quantity of festive glow-in-the-dark waste that takes
forever and a day until it's safe. It should be a much cleaner way of
using nuclear energy.
> Anyway, won't much of the heat be converted to some other form of energy?
No more than is the case with existing nuclear or conventional thermal
power plants. The heat is used to create steam to drive turbines which
isn't very efficient.
Pete.
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Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
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> Assuming they create heat which is then used to make electricity in the
> same way as normal power stations then they wouldn't be any worse in that
> respect than normal power generation, with the added advantage that they
> won't be chucking out CO2
Or any great quantity of festive glow-in-the-dark waste that takes
forever and a day until it's safe. It should be a much cleaner way of
using nuclear energy.
> Anyway, won't much of the heat be converted to some other form of energy?
No more than is the case with existing nuclear or conventional thermal
power plants. The heat is used to create steam to drive turbines which
isn't very efficient.
Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email protected] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/