As I said WRT peaking, submarines and aircraft carriers can operate in this 0 to 100% way. Anyway, peaking is kind of irrelevant because it is a minimal section

As I said WRT peaking, submarines and aircraft carriers can operate in this 0 to 100% way. Anyway, peaking is kind of irrelevant because it is a minimal section of the grid, We currently have a very limited number of nuclear reactor designs, so its possible that there are other better designs that would be possible with new technology. You have to understand that we're basically using 70s/80s designs in all of the current reactors (even brand new ones). There's been very little meaningful/adopted innovation in the field in the civilian sector. Agree about the decommissioning costs and operation costs compared to solar and wind at least. I think coal/natural gas/oil have other net negatives that really aren't accounted for economically (tragedy of the commons type stuff that we've never really accounted for economically and are only starting to take in to account far too late). But agreed, renewables and increasing efficiency needs to be our primary goal from a cost/benefit point of view. But... if you need a lot of constant base load, nuclear is a good option (better than renewables at least until battery technology catches up and is proven), and would be a better option if we were interested in investing in the technology and science to make it safer and more efficient. I kind of discount the economic arguments because we NEED low emission power sources. Saying 'well coal/natural gas is cheaper' is missing the point. The choices are almost everyone dies but its cheap, vs more expensive. Picking almost everyone dies is incredibly short-sighted. I'd spend whatever amount of money if it meant we could stop burning stuff. If the government needs to push it through, so be it.