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To: HwyChile

The power in a nuclear reactor is not wasted by running it at a reduced power level. And as I said in post 28, it’s fairly easy to change power level in a General Electric reactor.


52 posted on 05/20/2008 4:06:19 PM PDT by wolfpat (If you don't like the Patriot Act, you're really gonna hate Sharia Law.)
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To: wolfpat

“The power in a nuclear reactor is not wasted by running it at a reduced power level. And as I said in post 28, it’s fairly easy to change power level in a General Electric reactor.”

Well, I should have qualified my statements to “if what the article says is true” (that it has to be run wide open). I saw posts that said it could be throttled back, and I don’t dispute that. I was just using the so called facts in the article and good old logic to see the answer is that you have to have the correct mix of nuclear power and flexible power and there is no problem. France did not do that. Of course, you solution would solve the problem too (they don’t have to run wide open).


62 posted on 05/20/2008 4:14:11 PM PDT by HwyChile
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