[leonidasrup]

Nuclear powered desalination was demonstrated using BN-350 reactor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BN-350_reactor

The question is always: costs. In the Middle East and North Africa dominating source of power for desalination is natural gas.

https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/energy-consum...

[rbanffy]

Cost of the energy input is less important if it uses the energy surplus the grid isn’t paying for.