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> Nuclear has the benefit that it's reliable. If you design a plant to output X gigawatts - it'll still be able to do so regardless of the weather. Unless, of
by hypertele-Xii 5y ago
> Nuclear has the benefit that it's reliable. If you design a plant to output X gigawatts - it'll still be able to do so regardless of the weather.
Unless, of course, the weather is an earthquake followed by tsunami.
Or political weather.
- ThunderSizzle 5y agoAlthough a bunch of solar panels or wind turbines on the coast that are washed away by a tsunami isn't reliable either. Or when there's no wind or sun. If it takes a tsunami to turn off a nuclear plant, it's about as reliable as it can be.