To: editor-surveyor
“Nothing can work at 100% efficiency except a nuclear reaction.”
Then why do our nuclear reactors run at about 33% efficiency?
To: ColdWater
Nuclear reactors convert heat energy into mechanical energy. The loss of efficiency occurs in that step-down process. They are nothing more than an elaborate boiler/steam system.
143 posted on
08/01/2008 12:04:19 PM PDT by
PSYCHO-FREEP
(Juan McCain....The lesser of Three Liberals.")
To: ColdWater
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Then why do our nuclear reactors run at about 33% efficiency?" Because they are not bombs. They have to operate under stable control.
147 posted on
08/01/2008 12:06:30 PM PDT by
editor-surveyor
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