Thread by @SteveHiltonx

We waste two thirds of the energy produced by nuclear plants. If we used it to heat buildings, we could save money, reduce emissions and have reliable electricity.

@HargravesRobert explains @WSJopinion 👇
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"Nuclear plants heat water, producing steam that spins turbine generators. The turbines convert about a third of the steam’s heat into electricity. The other two-thirds is wasted, typically absorbed by flowing river or ocean water or cooling towers...
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"Cogeneration is a way to use rejected heat in buildings. Pipes circulate hot water or steam in district heating systems...
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"China operates four AP1000 nuclear plants designed by Westinghouse Electric Co. China added cogeneration and district heating...so the rejected heat now heats 7 million square feet instead of being wasted, to be expanded to 200 million square feet with later modifications...
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"China’s Power Investing Corp. has planned four units of the CAP1400, a more powerful version of the AP1000, at Haiyang. These reactors will provide all 658,000 residents with heat and generate electric power for a third of Shandong province—population 102 million...
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"By contrast, Georgia Power is struggling to build the first AP1000s in the U.S., at $9 a watt of generating capacity. That is triple China’s cost...and triple the Massachusetts Institute of Technology cost estimate for future U.S. AP1000s...
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"Generating electricity and operating buildings is responsible for half of global energy demand and CO2 emissions. Nuclear power can be the cheapest, fastest way to provide reliable heat and power and to halve emissions...
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"Let the U.S. lead in regulatory efficiency and put a nuclear power plant in every city’s backyard."

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