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In reply to <a href="https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/16/connecting-nuclear-reactors-across-africa/#comment-4121477">cotpacker</a>. <blockquote><em>"“Hot” ambient temperatures (likely 55C or less) are far cooler than the operational temperature of the SMR (perhaps 800C to 2000C)."</em></blockquote> This stated temperature difference is immaterial to the issue of the delta-T required across the…
In reply to <a href="https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/16/connecting-nuclear-reactors-across-africa/#comment-4121614">John XB</a>. To determine the expense of electricity to a user, one must consider all of the ancillary equipment and services needed to convert the electricity that any machine generates to the stable (in voltage and frequency) electricity delivered to the user. And the…
Africa can’t maintain and run railways or power grids, never mind nuclear reactors which are THE most expensive way to generate electricity. If only… if only the worship of “Climate change” were ended, we could all get back to cheap electricity from coal and gas.
In reply to <a href="https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/16/connecting-nuclear-reactors-across-africa/#comment-4121592">Denis</a>. <blockquote><em>"The steam part of the machine requires cooling water in abundance."</em></blockquote> Simply not true. "Dry cooling", the use of air-cooled condensers (ACC), is currently being employed in both fossil fuel and nuclear utility-scale power plants.…
In reply to <a href="https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/16/connecting-nuclear-reactors-across-africa/#comment-4121478">ToldYouSo</a>. Plus the consequences of overheating
In reply to <a href="https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/16/connecting-nuclear-reactors-across-africa/#comment-4121452">OldRetiredGuy</a>. "The Risk Priority Number (RPN) is a crucial metric in the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) process. It is calculated by multiplying the severity (S), occurrence (O), and detection (D) of a failure mode. The RPN score helps prioritize risks and guide…
<span>"In South Africa, the HTMR-100 SMR was intentionally developed to be gas-cooled, without the need for a large body of water for system cooling." HTMR-100 is steam engine just as all fission reactors are. The hot gas from the reactor is used to boil water to steam to feed a steam turbine generator to make electricity. The steam part of the machine requires cooling water in abundance. Why do…
In reply to <a href="https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/16/connecting-nuclear-reactors-across-africa/#comment-4121570">huls</a>. Well the Springboks sure have a lot of wisdom in how to beat the world at rugby.
"<strong><em>Africa must take the wisdom of its accumulated ages"</em></strong> Before the arrival of Dutch settlers in then uninhabited South Africa the tallest buildings in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa were made by termites. Please give us one example of that "wisdom" you mentioned.
<blockquote><strong>Africa must take the wisdom of its accumulated ages and combine it with a new vision of the future, looking towards nuclear power.</strong></blockquote> Meanwhile, back in the real world... <blockquote>South Africa’s state-owned power utility, Eskom, earlier this morning announced an unplanned electricity supply interruption in Limpopo province including municipality such as…