• empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    So is nearly every coal/gas thermal power plant ever built. Steam turbines need water and cooling, thr type of thermal generation used doesn’t change that.

    • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      the point is: other types of power plants just spill less hazardous materials when destroyed by a flood and don’t have the additional risk of a meltdown.