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No not at all. You can vary reactor output, its generally as simple as pulling rods in or out. But they cannot just turn on and off. That takes a ton of time an
by tokai 6mo ago
No not at all. You can vary reactor output, its generally as simple as pulling rods in or out. But they cannot just turn on and off. That takes a ton of time and effort.
- Pay08 6mo agoHuh, I don't know where I read that their output can only be at 100% then.
- zozbot234 6mo agoIt's generally uneconomical to throttle output once the plant is built. because the fuel is so cheap. The real cost is building the plant and decommissioning it.
- mpweiher 6mo agoThere is a lot of disinformation about nuclear power that has been so widely and consistently disseminated that it has basically diffused into the background.
- Moldoteck 6mo agono, you can do wild variations as long as it's not full shutdown
- peterfirefly 6mo agoSome reactor types are better at going up and down in power fast than others. It is definitely a solved problem, though, and has been for decades. I remember, decades ago, that anti-nuclear activists (some of them were even university professors who ought to know better) argued that it was impossible while France had already been doing exactly that for decades (at the time).