>Nuclear energy serves the purpose of acting as the filler for the delta between the peak and trough. No. Just. No. It's incredibly stupid and inefficient to

>Nuclear energy serves the purpose of acting as the filler for the delta between the peak and trough. No. Just. No. It's incredibly stupid and inefficient to use nuclear as a peak power plant. Due to the huge CAPEX reasonable power system should use nuclear for base load and maximize capacity factor as much as possible. Yes, there are experiments on maneuvering nuclear plants, but: a) usually maneuvering range is relatively small (60-80% from max output) b) latency is still too big when compared to gas plants and hydroelectric storage. There are some micro-nuclear plant designs, which would be more flexible and more suitable for this scenario, but they are mostly just paper reactors.