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PWRs actually can ramp their power up or down and the French run a number of theirs in this mode. I don't think AGRs can in quite the same way since thermal str
by Mvandenbergh 6y ago
PWRs actually can ramp their power up or down and the French run a number of theirs in this mode. I don't think AGRs can in quite the same way since thermal stresses on the graphite need to be avoided.
Economically, it's not clear that economically you'd want to run PWRs this way though since FuelEx is only a small part of the LCOE of a nuclear plant.