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Re:Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy by hypertele-Xii on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @10:03AM (#30163358)
> Nuclear has the benefit that it's reliable. If you design a plant to output X gigawatts - it'll still be able to do so regardless of the weather.

Unless, of course, the weather is an earthquake followed by tsunami.

Or political weather.

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Re:Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs Energy by ThunderSizzle on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @11:47AM (#30165245)
Although a bunch of solar panels or wind turbines on the coast that are washed away by a tsunami isn't reliable either. Or when there's no wind or sun.

If it takes a tsunami to turn off a nuclear plant, it's about as reliable as it can be.

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