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Nuclear also does not produce electricity on demand the other way: once a nuclear power plant is running at full power, it is a very slow process to reduce the
by _ph_ 6y ago
Nuclear also does not produce electricity on demand the other way: once a nuclear power plant is running at full power, it is a very slow process to reduce the power output, so it is stuck with producing power which has to be used in the grid. Which is one of the reasons of power overproduction. Also, it is quite a challenge for countries like France who depend mostly on nuclear for their grid. They have to run the powerplants frequently not in the most efficient regime, but one, where they have the largest amount of control of the power output.
- corty 6y agoMost nuclear plants in Europe can do 5% per minute changes. That is not as quick as for gas turbines, but also not really slow. Load following is just not used very often, because you usually regulate down your most expensive power source (gas), not a cheaper one. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_following_power_plant https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_following_power_plant