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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Nuclear can only perform as baseload

That's only true for NPPs built decades ago. Modern designs can also do load-following power. For peaks you have renewables, of course, they complement each other. Diversity makes a healthy grid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The plants that can allegedly do this almost never do, and most of them have had maintenance issues which cost more to fix than replacing them with renewables.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Modern designs can also do load-following power.

I think this is a maybe in terms of what the grid needs. Will be great if nuclear is built that genuinely supports system demands.

Diversity makes a healthy grid.

Couldn't agree more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's good that they can do it. Even better if they don't need to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Niclear has high investment cost and very low production cost which incentivises runnig at max output for as long as possible. This might block out renewables from the grid if their production cost is higher and make it less profitable to build them. So its really not a Symbiosis between nuclear and regenerative