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There are nuclear power plants capable of throttling up and down at will. Not all designs work like that but some do.
by pedrocr 7y ago
There are nuclear power plants capable of throttling up and down at will. Not all designs work like that but some do.
- akvadrako 7y agoReally? Are you talking about a tiny fraction of operating plants?
- pedrocr 7y agoI think it's pretty common. I'm not an expert but I think most of France's grid is run that way. Wikipedia has a few details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_following_power_plant#Nuclear_power_plants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_following_power_plant#Nuc...