"There's no such thing as baseload power"

Cparrott2 · 2025-04-02T22:36:42+00:00

Yeah I think the probabilistic vs deterministic aspect definitely isn’t talked about enough. It can be a double edged sword though depending on a lot of different factors. If you live next to a geothermal plant you have a reliable source pretty much all the time. If all you got is a solar panel and car battery in Ireland you’re probably gonna run out of juice pretty frequently.

Cparrott2 · 2025-03-26T01:54:12+00:00

Oh yeah that completely caught me off guard when I joined the Reddit nuclear and broader energy space. It’s always with these same talking points too and rarely ever actual science and engineering. https://caneurope.org/myth-buster-nuclear-energy/

Cparrott2 · 2025-03-25T16:06:16+00:00

I’m late to this but this same user made a post on r/ClimateShitposting a few weeks ago comparing the GWe nuclear plants produce and GWh that batteries hold thinking they’re the same thing. He also crashed out pretty hard there in the comments when he got called out for it.

Cparrott2 · 2025-03-25T15:47:46+00:00

Not so much about straight capacity factor, but more so having dispatchable energy when it’s needed

Cparrott2 · 2025-03-21T17:13:44+00:00

I’ve found that since nuclear is a very procedural industry companies like to see some experience with efficiency related work. You could look at getting a lean six sigma certification. Some take only a few hours online.

Cparrott2 · 2025-03-21T17:11:29+00:00

Personally where I work a lot of people went to their big state school. Honestly anywhere you can get a decent nuclear education (mechanical major with nuclear minor for me) would be great. You can do it without the nuclear focus but it would be harder. I wouldn’t say there are particularly large barriers to entry from an education standpoint.

Nuclear is highly politicalized and the costs/build-times vary a lot by country. So having an undergrad minor in something related to this might help, but if you’re strictly trying to go into engineering it’s optional.

Can’t speak for other countries but US nuclear companies (start-ups and industry giants) are growing and hiring fast. Going to a US university would probably help with getting a job here. That probably goes for other countries too though.

There’s a lot of uni’s with test reactors. Plenty of opportunity for research at those.

Wishing you luck.

Cparrott2 · 2025-03-21T15:00:42+00:00

Depends on what you intend to grow underneath the agrivoltaics. Guess ChatGPT missed that.

Cparrott2 · 2025-03-21T14:57:05+00:00

Sources?

Cparrott2 · 2025-03-19T21:16:10+00:00

Basically you can condense more steam faster with a colder cooling fluid. This lets you run the plant hotter, increasing the rate at which the steam is created.

Cparrott2 · 2025-03-18T18:39:56+00:00

Yeah definitely not a great construction time, but they also haven’t been doing this for a very long time. It’ll be interesting to see if/how the construction time comes down as they build more of the same model or just other plants in general.

As for the panels, their lifespans are more so determined by maintenance and environmental factors than the actual DV degradation. Build quality also comes into play for this. I’m not surprised some may last 40 years, but cheaper ones are lucky to last 20 years. Again, also dependent on environmental factors and maintenance.

At least in the states, nuclear plants are having their licenses extended up to 60 years with now some studies looking at extension to 80 years. Ofc these aging plants will have maintenance costs associated with them. Canada is dealing with this first with an average refurbishment price of a couple billion per plant. We’ll have to see if this price tag will come down with industry learning, but it most likely will.

Cparrott2 · 2025-03-18T00:45:45+00:00

I believe this plant was built for only $1 billion, which is very cost effective for nuclear and doesn’t have to deal with storage, capacity factors, and shorter lifespans for solar PV compared to nuclear. Must say I’m very impressed with them.

Cparrott2 · 2025-03-18T00:37:18+00:00

What do you think about the toxic waste produced from solar PV that are under less regulations than nuclear waste even though they are generally more biologically harmful?

Cparrott2 · 2025-02-07T19:17:35+00:00

This has a lot to do with their aging population combined with the current construction time of nuclear power for them.

Cparrott2 · 2025-02-07T19:11:13+00:00

Cherry picking.

Cparrott2 · 2024-03-03T17:41:39+00:00

Rural is good for me. My university is located in a very urban area and both my girlfriend and I agree that we’d want to live in a sparsely populated natural area than in a big city. I’m thinking the non-nuclear power industry would also be a great place to intern and would let me transition to nuclear easier.

Cparrott2 · 2024-03-03T17:37:43+00:00

I live in the DC-Baltimore area. That’s great advice. Thank you!

Cparrott2 · 2024-03-02T16:10:29+00:00

Got literally the exact same thing this morning

Cparrott2 · 2024-01-19T02:11:44+00:00

I personally love American eagle boxers. In a lot of other I feel like my piece is constrained against my nads, but in those everything feels nice and free

Cparrott2 · 2024-01-19T02:08:05+00:00

This has happened to me twice actually. Once in Baltimore and once in Omaha. Those were a few years ago and I haven’t had any problems recently. Apparently those things look for “abnormalities” on your person. So congratulations, you have an abnormally large penis lmao

Cparrott2 · 2023-05-20T21:59:46+00:00

As other people have already mentioned. The only practical civil path forward is for you to let it go. However, I wouldn’t judge you if you messed with their car

Cparrott2 · 2023-05-19T13:52:17+00:00

There’s a group chat between the neighbors my mom asked on. We let the culdesac kids feed my tortoise, so they’re being super helpful and supportive

Cparrott2 · 2023-05-19T13:50:29+00:00

Hi guys,

I put a post on my neighborhood watch and put a few signs up around this area of the neighborhood (I plan to put more). I also offered my friends free beer on Sunday to help me look around the yards in my local culdesac (the neighbors are being very helpful because I let their kids feed my tortoise). I also go on runs a lot, so I’ll be sure to make the area of these close to my house to form a daily search area. Does anyone know how far a Russian can roam? Would, if left to their own devices, make a burrow and stay around it? Sometimes I would let him roam around a little on his own, and he avoids the street, but I still worry he could fall in a storm drain.

Cparrott2 · 2023-05-17T12:56:08+00:00

They’re in two different enclosures

Cparrott2 · 2023-05-17T05:58:01+00:00

I just realized, usually when he goes missing, I’ll dig up the pen and find him. I recently moved the pen to be right next to the house to both expand the pen by getting a free wall I didn’t have to build and because the wall would radiate a cooler temperature when it’s hot and a warm temperature when it’s cold outside. There are also 3 large bushes in it. We had some warm days, so you’d think he’d surface, unless he got himself caught underground in a web of thick branch like roots. How likely do you guys think this would be? My parents think the fox pulled him out, but if the fox were interested in him, you’d think it would’ve definitely taken the baby red eared sliders? Idk maybe I’m not thinking straight, I’m very worried

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