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You can not stop a nuclear reactor to fit the grid needs.

• troupo 2y ago
  You cannot power up solar panels at night, or wind turbines when there's no wind. As for nuclear, you don't need to stop them. Instead they provide a base load so you don't need to ridiculously overprovision other power sources. And they are flexible enough to go 50%-100% quickly: https://www.oecd-nea.org/upload/docs/application/pdf/2021-12/technical_and_economic_aspects_of_load_following_with_nuclear_power_plants.pdf https://www.oecd-nea.org/upload/docs/application/pdf/2021-12...
  • lomase 2y ago
    "You cannot power up solar panels at night, or wind turbines when there's no wind." Amazing insight.