Thread by @jrmygrdn

The entire city of Haiyang in China is now heated by its nearby #nuclearenergy plant, making it the country's first city to transition away from fossil-fired district heating.

The Haiyang plant has two Westinghouse AP1000s that started up in 2018 and 2019.

By providing heat as well as power to Haiyang's 2 million people the nuclear plant has replaced 1️⃣2️⃣ coal boilers, saving:
🔥 10 million tons of coal each heating season
🌏 18 million tons of CO2
😷 691 tons of soot
😷 1123 tons of nitrogen oxide
😷 1188 tons of sulphur dioxide

CC @nytimes 👆

And nuclear heat is cheaper than fossil heat, too. Residents will pay 1 yuan less per square meter. That doesn't sound like much but it adds up to about $700,000 per heating season, so take it to the bank.

Chinese experts reckon they can develop nuclear district heating a lot more:
🗺 Far wider areas
📈 Better efficiency

And don't forget: This is something wind and solar simply cannot do. Clean heat is just one reason #NetZeroNeedsNuclear

Here's my source: spic.com.cn/xtdt1/202111/t…

Okay, wait a minute. @Akkothen has very helpfully pointed out a mistake in my translation. It should be:

🔥 100,000 tons of coal each heating season
🌏 180,000 tons of CO2

@Akkothen And pretty sure it should be 200,000 residents as well. 😬

These dodgy numbers thanks to @Apple's slick new translation feature in Safari which I was just growing to trust...