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Re:Weather-Smart Electric Grids Are Needed for Wind and Sola... by marcosdumay on Sunday July 15, 2018 @11:53AM (#17535730)
The "proven" technology was proven not to be reliable enough, to be too expensive for use, and to create some large problems down the line.

Besides, if you change the size, it's not "proven" anymore.

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Re:Weather-Smart Electric Grids Are Needed for Wind and Sola... by wbl on Sunday July 15, 2018 @08:13PM (#17537846)
France and the US navy both rely on PWRs. France built a fleet to get the benefits of scale. Nuclear works.
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Re:Weather-Smart Electric Grids Are Needed for Wind and Sola... by korantu on Sunday July 15, 2018 @07:27PM (#17537696)
This new smaller design solves reliability and cost issues of older bigger designs.
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