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0 pointswanderr3y ago0 comments

Overall what I understand of NuScale's approach seems to account for most everything that can go wrong. But what happens if there is a natural disaster that causes much of that water to leak away quickly? Is there a failsafe for that as well?

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p1mrx3y ago· 3 in thread

What natural disaster could quickly drain a "lake" lined with stainless steel? All that water needs somewhere to go.

I assume a straightforward geological study would prevent events like https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/22/man-dies-after...

ncmncm3y ago

Straightforward studies are often not done. And, often done then ignored.

Dams collapse mainly for this reason, and those, while killing many people and destroying whole cities, do not leave the whole region uninhabitable.

p1mrx3y ago

It is much more difficult to build a dam than a water-filled hole.

wanderrOP3y ago

I don't know, but I suspect we will find out if we end up having these "lakes" distributed all over the world

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