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| Thread ID: 114026 | 2010-11-15 07:08:00 | Nuclear Power stations in NZ - Yes or No? | jareemon (5207) | PC World Chat |
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| 1153131 | 2010-11-15 22:43:00 | en.wikipedia.org Zealand | user (1404) | ||
| 1153132 | 2010-11-15 23:18:00 | Put as many Billions into solar research as you want, but until they make batteries big enough to store 12 hours worth of national supply, your lights are going to stay off when the sun goes down The sun never goes down - the earth rotates :p Besides, I would guess that electricity consumption is a lot less at night than it is during the day, so batteries is just really a minor problem. |
SoniKalien (792) | ||
| 1153133 | 2010-11-15 23:55:00 | In order to make an cost competitive Nuclear plant it needs to be big . Realistically you're looking at 600MW for the smallest model, which is 200MW bigger than New Zealand's current largest plant . This means you need to carry an extra 200MW of reserves whenever it's running . Also, nuclear plants run baseload, they don't like being ramped up and down . Overnight load in the North Island is as low as 1300MW, so a 600MW plant is an enormous proportion of this . That might be manageable if things were designed from the ground up, but it's too much of a step change . Basically this means it's not going to happen . I suppose a larger HVDC (cook straight cable) in a few years that might go some way to helping, but it's still not likely . Nuclear's a great option for large power systems, not our tiny one . Having sorted that question out,perhaps you could tell what system to use to sort out our present position . Then implement,and all will be well . |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1153134 | 2010-11-16 00:11:00 | I am all for nuclear power we are luckiest people in the world we can dump the nuclear waste at the Auckland or Campbell Islands | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1153135 | 2010-11-16 00:32:00 | Yes, absolutely Nuclear is one of the cleanest sources of power (and despite the constant panics over it, it's also extremely environmentally friendly), and compared to many other options has a pretty reasonable cost. It's also great for providing reliable base load coverage, thus freeing up some hydro capacity to handle the ripples caused by unreliable power sources (e.g. wind), and times of peak grid usage. Modern nuclear plants are also extremely safe - they're guaranteed to never have a Chernobyl-type disaster due to the way they are designed - runaway reactions are for most purposes impossible. Edit: Ideal location: Huntly. +1 |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1153136 | 2010-11-16 00:39:00 | Turn your appliances off and leav the reactors in Chernobyl. | pctek (84) | ||
| 1153137 | 2010-11-16 01:43:00 | I am all for nuclear power, we are the luckiest people in the world we can dump the nuclear waste at the Auckland or Campbell Islands Why can't they see that simple truth? So that's that problem solved,what's next. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1153138 | 2010-11-16 02:09:00 | Having sorted that question out,perhaps you could tell what system to use to sort out our present position. Then implement,and all will be well. Sorry for being knowledgeable about a topic. Would uninformed ranting be better received? Edit: Actually it's quite funny because I avoided the urge of correcting all the misinformation in this thread, and tried to contribute something instead. Oh well. |
shermo (12739) | ||
| 1153139 | 2010-11-16 02:14:00 | Sorry for being knowledgeable about a topic. Would uninformed ranting be better received? Edit: Actually it's quite funny because I avoided the urge of correcting all the misinformation in this thread, and tried to contribute something instead. Oh well. Yes but you see we are left knowing what we can't do,not what we can do. In any case,what is going on here,is what we would like,if we want the details we have google. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1153140 | 2010-11-16 02:17:00 | uninformed ranting is what keeps these forums going, without it they would die | Gobe1 (6290) | ||
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