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    From mm0fmf@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 5 12:03:15 2024
    Who decided it would be a good idea in late November/early December to
    take half of our nuclear generating capacity offline for refuelling when
    it's likely to be cold and there's not much daylight around? And often
    not much wind either.

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  • From jon@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 5 18:55:27 2024
    On Thu, 05 Dec 2024 12:03:15 +0000, mm0fmf wrote:

    Who decided it would be a good idea in late November/early December to
    take half of our nuclear generating capacity offline for refuelling when
    it's likely to be cold and there's not much daylight around? And often
    not much wind either.


    Usually the refuelling is controlled by the 'burn up rate' of the existing fuel. Clearly they wouldn't want to change fuel unnecessarily.

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  • From David Woolley@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 6 15:21:36 2024
    On 05/12/2024 12:03, mm0fmf wrote:
    And often not much wind either.

    Met Office disagrees:
    <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2dxlwz219ko>. (I suspect the
    turbines will need to be feathered and or locked down because of too
    much wind.)

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  • From Brian Morrison@21:1/5 to David Woolley on Fri Dec 6 18:37:50 2024
    On Fri, 6 Dec 2024 15:21:36 +0000
    David Woolley <david@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid> wrote:

    On 05/12/2024 12:03, mm0fmf wrote:
    And often not much wind either.

    Met Office disagrees:
    <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2dxlwz219ko>. (I suspect the
    turbines will need to be feathered and or locked down because of too
    much wind.)

    Once Darragh has gone through it looks like there will be a high
    pressure settling over the UK for a few days at least, so quite likely
    that the windmills will be unable to generate much then as well.

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  • From A. non Eyemouse@21:1/5 to none@invalid.com on Fri Dec 20 20:33:06 2024
    On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 12:03:15 +0000
    mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> wrote:

    Who decided it would be a good idea in late November/early December
    to take half of our nuclear generating capacity offline for
    refuelling when it's likely to be cold and there's not much daylight
    around? And often not much wind either.

    Same person that though it would be a good idea to wind down the last
    coal fired power station?

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    Where Morse meets House.

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