Re:Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumpt...
by Mvandenbergh on Friday March 26, 2021 @10:35AM
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PWRs actually can ramp their power up or down and the French run a number of theirs in this mode. I don't think AGRs can in quite the same way since thermal stresses on the graphite need to be avoided.
Economically, it's not clear that economically you'd want to run PWRs this way though since FuelEx is only a small part of the LCOE of a nuclear plant.
Economically, it's not clear that economically you'd want to run PWRs this way though since FuelEx is only a small part of the LCOE of a nuclear plant.