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Re:California Declares Grid Emergency by WaitWaitWha on Thursday September 01, 2022 @10:22AM (#32676621)
Absolutely; the following countries have most of their electricity made by nuke plants[0]:

   France   69.0%
   Ukraine  55.0%
   Slovakia 52.3%
   Belgium  50.8%
   Hungary  46.8%
[0] International atomic energy agency; US Energy Information Administration Updated: August 2022
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Re:California Declares Grid Emergency by berkut on Thursday September 01, 2022 @10:33AM (#32676833)
It can solve the problem: that doesn't mean there aren't other potential issues that need to be handled correctly. Take France for instance - it's currently becoming a net importer of electricity due to many (~60%) of its Nuclear reactors being offline for maintenance.
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