DIA Wants To Add A Nuclear Reactor For Power

07 Aug 2025 12:24 #1 by FredHayek
Denver Post today had this story.

Personally I like the idea. The electric infrastructure is becoming less reliable. Xcel wants to shut power down in bad weather, especially windstorms. DIA is one of the busiest airports in the nation and needs to stay open.

Just yesterday it was having to shut down due to high winds and computer problems with United Airlines.

Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.

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07 Aug 2025 13:03 #2 by PrintSmith
I, personally, wonder where they are planning to get the water to cool a reactor, especially given the plans to develop a commercial zone in the no development areas surrounding the airport. There's a reason most reactors are located close to large water supplies . . . and there certainly isn't one of those anywhere close to the airport.

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07 Aug 2025 17:08 #3 by FredHayek
The new nuclear tech may not require as much water.

Not as much water as new AI facilities.

Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.

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07 Aug 2025 18:39 #4 by FredHayek


Why DIA needs their own power plant?

Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
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