Georgia nuclear plant begins splitting atoms for first time

Re:Georgia nuclear plant begins splitting atoms for first time by 7952 on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @05:15AM (#35067245)

But at a grid scale we don't need a single installation to provide continuous power and it wouldn't necessarily make sense for it to do so. Load is not uniform across the day and other sources may be cheaper at any particular moment.

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Re:Georgia nuclear plant begins splitting atoms for first time by Ekaros on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @05:25AM (#35067311)

Weather patterns can be very large. So essentially all installations in one area will act same way. And we are not really doing any intercontinental grids with large enough capacities to move whole demand. Or overprovisioning in each area so that also other areas can be covered...

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Re:Georgia nuclear plant begins splitting atoms for first time by 7952 on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @09:19AM (#35069212)

At a grid scale you don't have to do everything all at once. Overprovisioning takes time, as does interconnection and storage.

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