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That's called load following. That's also a thing a liquid fueled reactor can do that a solid fueled reactor can't.
by hunterpayne 11mo ago
That's called load following. That's also a thing a liquid fueled reactor can do that a solid fueled reactor can't.
- dalyons 11mo agodoesnt make a difference to the economics of a nuke plant. Fuel consumption is a tiny fraction of the cost of nuke power, its almost all fixed cost - amortized construction costs, operations, etc. You need to run it at as close to 100% always to have any chance at payback & economical $/kw. Thats why they arent getting built.
- wizzwizz4 11mo agoNo, it's the opposite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demand_side_management https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demand_side_management. Load-following is a good property for a power plant to have, though, especially if the plant is suitable for baseload generation.
- jabl 11mo agoYou need to go tell the French that what they've been doing for decades isn't possible, then.
- thinkcontext 11mo agoEPR has shown that the French have lost the ability to build reactors rapidly and on budget.