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Baseload. Nuclear runs forever and you can put a datacenter right beside it to avoid grid complexities.
by graeme 2y ago
Baseload. Nuclear runs forever and you can put a datacenter right beside it to avoid grid complexities.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoNuclear only runs about 95% of the time. You still need to deal with grid complexities.
- Arnt 2y ago1.3 nines of reliability? Awesome. Do you have a source for that, how wide is the variation for different reactor types and operators, does it apply to individual reactors or whole sites when there are several reactors on one site?
- ViewTrick1002 2y agoThe PRIS database has country averaged data for energy availability factor, capacity factor etc. https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/WorldStatistics/ThreeYrsEnergyAvailabilityFactor.aspx https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/WorldStatistics/ThreeYrsEnergyAva...
- Arnt 2y agoI have to say: That looks as if they all value safety over uptime. Thanks.
- dsq 2y agoAn added value is that in off-hours nuclear can be used to produce hydrogen for carbon free fuel.
- Angostura 2y agoNot arguing against you, but - as can wind and solar at times of excess generation.
- dsq 2y agoAbsolutely. However, an often made detraction of nuclear is that the baseload is superfluous during off hours, so hydrogen generation is worth mentioning.
- crazygringo 2y agoDo data centers really have off-hours? I was under the impression that whatever drop in consumer usage exists overnight is made up for with ML training, video transcoding, etc. That there's never any shortage of tasks to run.
- Moldoteck 2y agothese do have downtimes for maintenance when load is shifted to others