• in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social
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    3 days ago

    Warming rivers are making it so they cannot cool the reactors and stay critical, I never thought I’d see that. Does anyone know if they’re still contemplating the thorium breeder reactors south of Vizely?

    • Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      It happened to a building in the UK, can’t remember the exact details, but the used the canal as a heat sink, well one year then canal heated up and the system stopped working