On 19 Mar 2006 08:48:39 -0800, "Weatherlawyer"
wrote:


Nick wrote:
Matt wrote:

On 15 Mar 2006 10:30:52 -0800, "Weatherlawyer"
wrote:


Nuclear power plants can run almost indefinitely at 2% output but these
rates are rarely reached 24/7 especially no in summer.


2% ?

Chernobyl reached 100%, for a little while

Quite nearly right.

The graphite cored ones are pretty safe at 2%, not that I am advocating
them.


What the hell is this 2% you keep referring to? If it is the idea
that you can run a nuclear reactor at 2% output forever then you will
have to totally rethink the steam turbines to cater for very "wet"
steam.

2% on a 660MW AGR is 13MW. The auxiliaries alone are over 20MW and
until you start pulling good vacuum on the condensers and start using
feed heating the efficiency is very, very poor.

So the question has to be asked just exactly what was the point you
were trying to make?


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