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Nuclear isn’t a great option for grid stability - you can’t easily vary it like gas or pumped or biomass.

• stavros 3y ago
  Why would you need to vary free energy?
  • midasuni 3y ago
    Nuclear isn’t free If you can’t support peak load with nuclear you have to have variable load like gas or bio or pumped
    • stavros 3y ago
      Once the factory is running, what are the marginal savings if you reduce the number of kW produced? You can have nuclear for the base load and anything else for the peak load, and it would be better than not having nuclear for the base load.
      • midasuni 3y ago
        How does that help stability? You still need the peakers, unless you propose building excess amounts at massive capital cost to be used for an hour or two a day
        • stavros 3y ago
          I meant you don't need to vary nuclear plants down when they're producing too much electricity, I guess that does mean you'd need to be over capacity as a matter of course.
          • midasuni 3y ago
            What do you do with the excess power?