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So, you wrongly used dispatchable? From your link "Although theoretically dispatchable, coal and nuclear thermal plants are designed to run as base load power
by VBprogrammer 6y ago
So, you wrongly used dispatchable?
From your link "Although theoretically dispatchable, coal and nuclear thermal plants are designed to run as base load power plants".
Dispatchable means the power is available when it is needed. Not when it is available i.e. when the wind is blowing or the sun is shining.
Modern nuclear reactors incorporate grey rods which allow them to be used in a limited load following capacity.
- pydry 6y agoWikipedia used the word "theoretically" because it is not practical to use them as a source of dispatchable power. Unlike gas. Does a business that delivers a meal to you only with 24 hours notice count as a restaurant? Theoretically yes.
- VBprogrammer 6y agoIf you want to misuse those terms and justify it with terrible analogies then that is your prerogative. In reality, power coming from nuclear power plants is very predictable, this makes it easy to incorporate into the grid energy mix. Nuclear power has many problems but this isn't one.