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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...

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

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