[quote=@GalaxyRaider]
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Steam in conventional nuclear power plants is used for the actual power itself. Wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility that someone came here for power in quantities you can't get elsewhere. What in your world would use a lot of power, that maybe wouldn't be considered acceptable in the public eye?
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That's exactly right... and if they hooked it up to some new output, it would cause a temporary drop in pressure before restabilizing, requiring more CPU cycles to compensate.