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Re:A Costly, Deadly Obsession with Coal by Spooky23 on Thursday June 07, 2018 @08:57PM (#17261720)
Not really. Nuclear plants don’t scale down. The same factors putting coal plants out of business impact nuclear — cheap, flexible gas and renewables.

With electricity, peak demand is king. It doesn’t make sense to build a billion dollar nuclear plant that isn’t needed except for August.

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