Nuclear is a great idea except we have no figures yet and no one wants it near them, good luck selling that.
Gas is the only short-term fix for our power industry as coal plants close down over the next few years, in Victoria we have all the poles and wires at Hazelwood, Yallourn and Loy yang ready to go, underneath these power stations we have a massive resource of brown coal up to 2.5 Klm deep, estimated to contain as much gas as Bass basin contained, just needs to be drilled.
How much do nuclear power plants contribute to total water consumption in France? This simple question no longer seems to have a clear answer. At the root of the confusion lies the Ministry of Environmental Transition'sremoval of a background paperon the resourcing and use of water in France on around March 10. According to this fact sheet from the statistical service, power plant cooling represented the second most water-consuming activity in the country (31%), behind agriculture (45%) and ahead of drinking water (21%) and industrial use (4%). The annual volume of water consumed in mainland France, over the period 2008-2018, was estimated at 5.3 billion cubic meters..
