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minus-squareschroedingershat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoOkay. Make a PV system out of a strict subset of the materials in the reactor. Put the PV system over top of Inkai mine. Get more power than the uranium from the mine would produce for longer. The 40 year guaranteed lifetime of the panels is longer than the 30 year lifetime of the average nuclear plant at shutdown. Your materials can be recycled after. The ground around the mine isn’t poisoned with heavy metals permanently, This all assuming everything goes perfectly for the nuclear plant and waste disposal.
Okay.
Make a PV system out of a strict subset of the materials in the reactor.
Put the PV system over top of Inkai mine.
Get more power than the uranium from the mine would produce for longer.
The 40 year guaranteed lifetime of the panels is longer than the 30 year lifetime of the average nuclear plant at shutdown.
Your materials can be recycled after.
The ground around the mine isn’t poisoned with heavy metals permanently,
This all assuming everything goes perfectly for the nuclear plant and waste disposal.