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ahem...Palo Verde Nuclear plant wishes to speak with you...

its only the largest nuclear plant in the country :-)

It uses treated wastewater for cooling, and due to rising costs, is seeking alternate water sources (as it requires 40k-60k gallons per minute to meet cooling needs).

https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2020/02/25/palo-verde-nuclear...

I know - I also don't understand what your comment has to do with the statement nuke plants need to be near a large source of water...

I don't think that using waste water from a city an hour away would be considered "close to a large source of water".

Also, thanks for the link - it was interesting. Maybe they can get my electric bill down some more :-)

It’s continued operation is unsustainable based on water availability in the region. It’s stretching to find process water, so I wouldn’t hold it up as a success story, more as “it works for now, but we’re going to need a Plan B when it is no longer sustainable to run.” Its Arizona, so solar, storage, and transmission are fine replacements when it’s retirement is near.

I think you misread what I wrote.

>>They also need to be near large water sources to use evaporative cooling.

I don't think I did ?

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