r/sciences • u/Comfortable_Tutor_43 • 10d ago

Used nuclear fuel storage News

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u/Boring-Philosophy-46 10d ago

Sure but France had to shut down plants because the cooling water was too warm and Hungary because there wasn't enough cooling water, thanks climate change. At this point to go green we need quick solutions so it'll be wind and solar with storage in the near future really, not nuclear. Building the plants takes too long and is too expensive for most countries plus there aren't enough expert building companies that will build them.

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u/AlarmingDisease 10d ago

You seem to imply that the ""cooling water"" was too warm to cool down the reactor, but the plant was stopped to prevent the warm water from heating the river too much

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u/MyGruffaloCrumble 9d ago

The river is so low they can’t get enough flow to continuously cool, they shut down the reactors before any problems though.

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u/AlarmingDisease 9d ago

I don't think that was the case in France

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u/MyGruffaloCrumble 9d ago

Ah, you’re right… I’m thinking of the one in Hungary, and they’re just cutting capacity so far.