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Why not use nuclear power plants to power desalination plants? I even wonder if some of the salt from the brine could be fed into certain types of nuclear reactors (Molten Salt Reactors and the like, possibly) making it an even more symbiotic relationship




Massive-scale desalination with nuclear has been proposed for decades by many nations. Here's a proposal (originally pushed by JFK) for using them to transform the Middle East into a luscious mecca, thereby solving any arable land scarcity issues (from 1967)

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b643596&view=1up...

More modern take here: https://www.iaea.org/topics/non-electric-applications/nuclea...


The OP brushes on this




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