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Re:Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants by Schroedingersat on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @11:58AM (#33249408)
> And by "reliable" I mean can consistently provide power more that 50% of the time:

Compare it dollar for dollar.

You can get a lot of curtailment, oversupply, and storage for $12/W

Also if you look at France, nuclear's not doing so hot on the availability front.

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Re:Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants by throw0101c on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @05:26PM (#33254241)
> Also if you look at France, nuclear's not doing so hot on the availability front.

Meanwhile, in Ontario, Canada, where I live, nuclear+hydro generate base load 24/7 with little issue:

* https://ieso.ca/en/Power-Data

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Re:Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants by Schroedingersat on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @06:25PM (#33254881)
Candu's actually solve most of the problems the PWR constantly lies about. If people were proposing building those (and demonstrating that they weren't even more expensive) I don't see the issue.

They're hardly the super-100%-reliable baseload advertised, or anything approaching 'too cheap to meter' though.

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