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Nuclear-based solutions don't need to store the energy, because a nuclear plant produces 24/7.
by nikanj 5y ago
Nuclear-based solutions don't need to store the energy, because a nuclear plant produces 24/7.
- Gwypaas 5y agoUntil they don't. France's EDF takes more nuclear reactors offline after faults found - 2021-12-17 https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/edf-extend-civaux-nuclear-outage-shut-down-reactors-chooz-safety-measures-2021-12-15/ https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/edf-extend-civaux-nuc...
- hannob 5y agoThe comment above was about heating in winter. Do you propose to build so many nuclear plants that you can provide peak electricity including heating in cold winter months? Do you have numbers for that? (I imagine that'd be the most expensive solution ever, as nuclear plants are high in capital costs and you're basically proposing to have lots of nuclear plants that only run on very cold winter days.) I guess what many nuclear proponents seem to forget is that you need flexibility no matter what source of electricity you have - because even if your plant runs 24/7 (which it doesn't), energy needs aren't constant.
- inglor_cz 5y agoRealistically, about 90 % of the time, which is still much better than either wind or solar plants.