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To: SiouxPal who wrote (9675)3/10/2005 1:30:36 AM
From: cosmicforce  Respond to of 362603
 
newton.dep.anl.gov

In nuclear plants, the radioactive fuel elements are sealed into rods,
which are cooled by a variety of liquid coolants. Some of the rods do leak
after some time of use. The cooling liquid, however, is also in a sealed
recirculating system, which in turn exchanges its heat with another system
on the outside, which is the system that drives the power generator. Not
much of a nuclear plant's waste is released into the atmosphere, so the
radioactive emissions from a coal plant easily surpass it.



To: SiouxPal who wrote (9675)3/10/2005 1:33:46 AM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 362603
 
Oh yeah, solar is totally NOT radioactive. This is by-far my favorite power source. There are some great designs where excess solar power is used to raise water up from one dam to another during the day to supply the much lower current draws at night. Gravity is one of the few energy storage systems that has almost no thermal loss. Shows just how special gravity energy is.


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