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Re:The First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Was Just Approved... by j-bos on Saturday August 06, 2022 @01:21PM (#32369890)
Answered my own questions, posting in case my thoughts match someone else's.

Did I understand correctly: Wind and solar are better than nuclear because nuclear isn't cost effective at having enough slack for a polar vortex?

But if that's the case, don't wind and solar fail in a polar vortex? Ah, you're saying that nuclear, wind, and solar all require storage. Got it.

Then the question would be how much storage do they require. Which I guess is what you're saying.

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Re:The First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Was Just Approved... by mrep on Saturday August 06, 2022 @03:14PM (#32370751)
Yes, wind/solar require more peaker plants to handle their unreliability compared to nuclear but seeing as nuclear is 3x as expensive, I don't see it as the optimal solution to getting carbon neutral.
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