> That's not true. Modern nuclear power plants can move at 5% of full load per minute up and down. Capable of doesn't equal safe and economical, though, which

> That's not true. Modern nuclear power plants can move at 5% of full load per minute up and down. Capable of doesn't equal safe and economical, though, which is why France's reactors are capped at 2.3%. This still doesn't affect the minimum load of about 45% either (the safe range is ~37% to 83%). > France is doing load following country wide with its nuclear reactors. No it isn't. Some reactors are being operated in load following mode. Not all and not most. > In fact the French must be laughing at this energy debacle with their 75% share of nuclear energy. This "energy debacle" affects France just as well because it's not about electricity (except for very few countries like Romania) and primarily about heating and industry. The amount of natural gas consumed by France amounted to about 1743512 TJ compared to 1436443 TJ in gross electricity production using nuclear power in 2019 [1]. So France is using more natural gas (in terms of energy) than electricity generated from nuclear power, so much for that misinformed bit. [1] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3217494/11099022/KS-HB-20-001-EN-N.pdf/bf891880-1e3e-b4ba-0061-19810ebf2c64?t=1594715608000 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3217494/11099022/KS-... pg.96ff