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Well operated, mature nuclear power plants can easily achieve 90%+ uptime. I don’t think this is a huge issue.
by christina97 4mo ago
Well operated, mature nuclear power plants can easily achieve 90%+ uptime. I don’t think this is a huge issue.
- testing22321 4mo agoIs 90% equal to 24x7, 365?
- sandworm101 4mo agoYes. The refueling takes the most time but that is planned years in advance. A one-year planned outage every decade can still be 24/7/365 in the other nine years.
- p1mrx 4mo agoNatrium is expected to spend around 1 month refueling every 24 months.
- sandworm101 4mo agoSo that is say 5% downtime. Add in time for upgrades and refurbishments, and refueling periods alone are bang on the 10% downtime number.
- bronson 4mo agoAh yes, the ol' GitHub method of reporting. "When we're up, we have lots of nines!"
- sandworm101 4mo agoWhich is why people who run websites shouldnt be allowed anywhere near powerplants.
- veverkap 4mo agoUnless they hire Homer Simpson.....
- nine_k 4mo agoIn fact, the uptime of US nuclear power plants was above 90% for the last decade. And even if a reactor goes offline, a power plant usually operates 2 to 4 reactors, so the entire plant continues operating.
- thinkcontext 4mo agoThis is a brand new type, there's no way that equivalent operation to a decades old design with centuries of operational experience can be assumed. Presumably its been designed for high uptime but it would not be unusual for new technology like this to require some refinement.