> you are always going to have a certain minimum demand for power generation in a geographic location. Congratulations, you have identified base load. If it's

> you are always going to have a certain minimum demand for power generation in a geographic location. Congratulations, you have identified base load. If it's - say - sunny and windy, your renewables are always going to undercut all other generators. So when they undercut nuclear, basic market forces should mean nuclear doesn't get to supply a single MW, and if that means investors lose out, well, tough. Base load should always be supplied by the cheapest supplier. Not the least flexible and/or the ones with the highest fixed costs.