On Mar 17, 2011, at 8:08 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > As I discussed with some friends yesterday, I think any reactors built in the > future should be situated uphill from the ocean, and downhill from a > gazillion gallon water source, like a lake or man-made reservoir, that could > gravity feed reactors for a few weeks in an emergency. It would need to be > much higher than the plant, as it takes quite a but of pressure to pump water > into a pressurized containment vessel.
In that case they may as well use the reservoir to build a hydroelectric power station. Not that you'll get the same power rating but if you have such a reservoir you may as well make use of it. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
