Author Topic: Make Nuclear Power Great Again!  (Read 191 times)

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Offline Omni

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Re: Make Nuclear Power Great Again!
« Reply #15 on: March 18, 2019, 06:26:34 pm »
Not exactly true. Nuclear can be built close to where the power is consumed. Wind power has to be built where geography co-operates. This means wind power, on average, requires significantly more transmission line capacity than nuclear.

Well it is pretty much true because it's not likely we would build a nuclear plant downtown in each community it is meant to serve. There will be central locations and the power will be streamed to the consumers. However we already have a pretty well established grid system so re-attaching the wires to a different type of plant wouldn't be all that big a deal. Of course growing population will require expansion.