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madokie

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49. Nuclear power plants are not good at load following
Wed Feb 26, 2014, 03:07 PM
Feb 2014

the frequency doesn't change, the voltage on the other hand do as a need for more or less energy is needed. Either you don't know what you're talking about or you're lying to us. Not just this time but all through your screeds both as pamW and now as Altair_IV I find this to be true. Its the same pattern you two have. FYI
The frequency is controlled by the rotational speed of the generator which must always remain the same, (60 HZ) the voltage is controlled by voltage control circuits which changes the voltage both electrically and by controlling the amount of steam fed to the turbine, as the line voltage dictates. Another one of your 'do not fully understand' fallacies. If the frequency of one plant could change it wouldn't be long until that plant will self destruct.
You don't speed up or slow down an AC generator to regulate voltage output, not with an AC system anyway. With a dc system yes you can

Nuclear power plants

Nuclear (and coal) power plants may take many hours, if not days, to achieve a steady state power output. In general it is not economical for large thermal installations such as nuclear power plants to practice load following

You might want to read this page to get a feel for how all this works Altair_IV because right now you don't seem to fully understand.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_following_power_plant
Just stop and give this some thought for a moment madokie Feb 2014 #1
Yes, they love to hide behind the difficulty in tracking nuclear related cancer related fatalities kristopher Feb 2014 #14
Without a doubt madokie Feb 2014 #15
Am not pro-nuke but if we had Yucca Mtn indie9197 Feb 2014 #2
The solution to *this* problem would be to move the SNF to dry storage kristopher Feb 2014 #3
I scanned the article, do not understand legaleze so much indie9197 Feb 2014 #5
That's not a truth; it's a falsehood Altair_IV Feb 2014 #9
No, it is the truth kristopher Feb 2014 #13
Reading Comprehension Problem? Altair_IV Feb 2014 #16
A consortium of nuclear companies that self insure doesn't really qualify as "commercial insurer"... kristopher Feb 2014 #22
ANI is not "nuclear companies that self insure" FBaggins Feb 2014 #23
That is exactly what the major accident coverage is - and they don't pay "premiums" kristopher Feb 2014 #24
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"James Hansen" is not "the scientific community" kristopher Feb 2014 #27
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Being "pronuclear" is not the same as proving nuclear is needed kristopher Feb 2014 #32
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I said show the science if you have it - apparently you don't have it. kristopher Feb 2014 #36
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No, by any standard that is not better. kristopher Feb 2014 #40
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A citation for the claims you've made, please. kristopher Feb 2014 #42
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You said you were going by NAS work from 1992 - start there. kristopher Feb 2014 #44
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So you don't have a 1992 reference as you claimed. kristopher Feb 2014 #46
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You said you have a reference and clearly you don't. kristopher Feb 2014 #48
Did you actually read the POPA report? caraher Feb 2014 #59
"We don't need citations, statistical studies, and what not. " caraher Feb 2014 #57
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Nuclear power plants are not good at load following madokie Feb 2014 #49
That's not quite true. FBaggins Feb 2014 #51
You don't change the rotational speed of an AC generator to regulate the voltage output madokie Feb 2014 #53
So? FBaggins Feb 2014 #58
I didn't say it couldn't be done madokie Feb 2014 #62
You can't dodge the context of your comment FBaggins Feb 2014 #65
I corrected them too so where was I wrong madokie Feb 2014 #67
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You know who is on your side? Roger Ailes et al. kristopher Feb 2014 #34
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No, that's just your habit of twisting things to suit yourself kristopher Feb 2014 #28
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Not at all. kristopher Feb 2014 #33
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We're not talking about automobile insurance here madokie Feb 2014 #55
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Find someone else to pick nits with madokie Feb 2014 #64
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Remember at first she was saying she was a Physicist madokie Feb 2014 #50
Physicists aren't scientists now? FBaggins Feb 2014 #52
What ever madokie Feb 2014 #54
It isn't? FBaggins Feb 2014 #56
Nothing left over? FBaggins Feb 2014 #18
Confusion Altair_IV Feb 2014 #20
The filing to the NRC (the PDF) asks them to make changes in how they license reactors kristopher Feb 2014 #12
Whose fault is that? Altair_IV Feb 2014 #17
More misinformation from kristopher Altair_IV Feb 2014 #21
The report says just the opposite. FBaggins Feb 2014 #19
Not really madokie Feb 2014 #4
There's so much waste, it will take decades to move it. bananas Feb 2014 #6
The nuclear power companies are the ones that *want* to go to dry casks.. Altair_IV Feb 2014 #10
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There was a spent fuel pool fire at Fukushima bananas Feb 2014 #7
No there wasn't. FBaggins Feb 2014 #8
That's correct. Altair_IV Feb 2014 #11
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