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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was going to shred you because nuclear plants also have turbines that rotate and need lubricant, but then I did a quick search and found an interesting article that interviewed someone from a nuclear power plant that claimed one oil change in 34 years. https://www.lubesngreases.com/magazine/15_5/lubricants-at-the-atomic-frontier/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, since there is no combustion there is no carbon deposition and thus the oil basically lasts forever. We just filter it and add occasionally to make up for leaks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There’s no combustion in a wind turbine either, so why do they need changes more frequently?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Because of higher efficiency requirements and because the wind turbines have a much larger number of smaller moving parts.

The oil requirements of nuclear are all on the first construction, mining, and refining of the fuel. Very little is required at the operation of the reactor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Very likely heat. I think reactors use water to cool the oil.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago