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Very little in electricity generation has virtually zero risk. Nuclear tends to have a higher capacity factor than most other baseload generators, but it also
by omgwtfbyobbq 5y ago
Very little in electricity generation has virtually zero risk.
Nuclear tends to have a higher capacity factor than most other baseload generators, but it also has unplanned outages.
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=45176 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=45176
The biggest risk I've seen is that unanticipated events (including financial events) will completely shutter a unit, like San Onofre and Indian Point 2.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Onofre_Nuclear_Generating_Station#Shutdown,_2012_and_closure,_2013 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Onofre_Nuclear_Generating_...