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Nuclear has the same problem though. It takes on the order of days to change the power output of a nuclear plant. You can't just run it at night or when the win
by colinmhayes 5y ago
Nuclear has the same problem though. It takes on the order of days to change the power output of a nuclear plant. You can't just run it at night or when the wind dies down like you can with a fossil fuel plant.
- cwillu 5y ago“Modern nuclear plants with light water reactors are designed to have maneuvering capabilities in the 30-100% range with 5%/minute slope, up to 140 MW/minute.[7] Nuclear power plants in France and in Germany operate in load-following mode and so participate in the primary and secondary frequency control. Some units follow a variable load program with one or two large power changes per day. Some designs allow for rapid changes of power level around rated power, a capability that is usable for frequency regulation.[8] A more efficient solution is to maintain the primary circuit at full power and to use the excess power for cogeneration.[9]” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load-following_power_plant#Nuclear_power_plants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load-following_power_plant#Nuc...
- Gwypaas 5y agoAnd now your nuclear plant which is a net loss running at 100% became an even larger liability.
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