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If I'm not mistaken nuclear in France is actually pilotable quite fast, it is not instantaneous but it is really fast. You cover the risk of shortest term high
by temac 6y ago
If I'm not mistaken nuclear in France is actually pilotable quite fast, it is not instantaneous but it is really fast. You cover the risk of shortest term high variance with other means, but they basically already exist (hydro, gaz) and you don't need much.
This is not necessarily the case for all nuclear power plant, it has to be designed for that.
- mlyle 6y agoIt depends what you call fast. It's my understanding that PWR's like this ramp from 50% to 90% in about an hour. But nuclear power plants have a huge capital cost, so you really don't want them to operate for half of the day at 40% or they're even more expensive for the power generated. And going below a minimum output power means a long time to get power back, which is why in North America power prices sometimes go negative (don't want to shut down).