On 12/02/2021 11:24, Andy Burns wrote:
Jethro_uk wrote:

Especially the possibility for desalination - plonk a few of these around
the parts of the world that need water and consider the electricity a
handy by product

Isn't the electricity /used/ to do the desalination?

Actually no.

the waste heat does that.

Boil some seawater, channel the steam through a condenser (cooled by
more seawater) and voilÃ*! - fresh water

You would probably build it just for that, since steam is what comes out
of a PWR.

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