The Surry Power Station has about a third of containment buried underground to answer the question ~40min in. This was done for purely cosmetic concerns of Williamsburg across the river, but it’s still a nominal 900 MWe plant. Also very interesting about the plant is their intake water canal. The plant has roughly a weeks worth of coolant water that’s fed by gravity!
We have been reading Shirvan's work for several years and find it fascinating but had never heard him interviewed. Great to hear him expand on that work and discuss the TVA IRP and DOE Liftoff report as well.
The Surry Power Station has about a third of containment buried underground to answer the question ~40min in. This was done for purely cosmetic concerns of Williamsburg across the river, but it’s still a nominal 900 MWe plant. Also very interesting about the plant is their intake water canal. The plant has roughly a weeks worth of coolant water that’s fed by gravity!
Congrats Chris! The last year, since COP28, saw nuclear in steroids!
Nice work, Chris.
We have been reading Shirvan's work for several years and find it fascinating but had never heard him interviewed. Great to hear him expand on that work and discuss the TVA IRP and DOE Liftoff report as well.