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Given how expensive nuclear is, running it for emergencies and peak loads is not a good economic plan. Given that concrete generates a lot of carbon, you're bet

• DrScump 10y ago
  ... except for that pesky CO2 emission problem.
  • greglindahl 10y ago
    ... all that concrete in the nuclear reactor emits a lot of CO2 when the reactor is built. If you don't use the nuclear reactor for anything but peaking, you're not going to amortize that CO2 emission over a large number of kWH. You'd never use the nuke as a peaker because it'd cost too much money, but, it's not a good idea in this other way, too.