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> or tons of energy will be wasted How do you mean? Nuclear power plants can scale with demand. They're primarily steam generators and those feed turbines.
by akira2501 3y ago
> or tons of energy will be wasted
How do you mean?
Nuclear power plants can scale with demand. They're primarily steam generators and those feed turbines. You have many mechanisms you can use to control total power output in these systems.
In the sense that you're wasting fuel lifetime, to a certain extent, but I imagine that also varies with the level of reactivity currently allowed in the vessel by the control rods.
- connicpu 3y agoOther commenters also pointed it out, but ramping down a nuclear reactor is not an easily reversed process. After a ramp down the fuel needs a certain amount of time before it can be ramped back up again. The output can be modulated, but it's a process that must be performed over a long period of time.