> Nuclear energy is produced constantly throughout the day, and would not match the daytime peaks in electricity consumption. Nuclear is perfectly good at load

> Nuclear energy is produced constantly throughout the day, and would not match the daytime peaks in electricity consumption. Nuclear is perfectly good at load following until the U is nearly burnt: the French do it. The reason nuclear is most suited to base load is because the capital costs are so high it makes sense to use a reactor as close to 100% utilisation as you can.