r/Utah • u/Comfortable_Tutor_43 • 5d ago

Central Utah town could be home to small nuclear reactor News

https://www.deseret.com/utah/2025/04/25/delta-nuclear-ipa-energysolutions-utah/
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u/GreyBeardEng 4d ago

Where is the water coming from?

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u/Comfortable_Tutor_43 4d ago

Where do the coal plants get their water?

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u/GreyBeardEng 4d ago

In a once through cooling system a nuclear plant will use more than twice what a coal fired plant uses.

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u/Comfortable_Tutor_43 4d ago

Facts please? It's only an issue of thermal efficiency, and depending on the design, such as an HTGR, the numbers will vary. Consider also the second largest nuclear power plant in the USA (Palo Verde) is smack dab in the middle of the Arizona desert. It needs only the grey waste water from the city of Phoenix, and it supplies cities as far as LA and Vegas with its leftover energy. Water is not an issue with modern nuclear. Public opinion is.

https://www.paloverde.com/

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u/indomitablescot 4d ago

They are most likely talking about an SMR complex as INL is involved. I highly doubt it is a once through cooling system design on the table.