Re:Three Mile Island nuclear plant restart in Microsoft AI p...
by bryanlarsen on Friday September 20, 2024 @10:41AM
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baseload is base load, not base generation. Base generation is not a thing.
Way back when, they realized that grids had a base load below which it never dropped. They realized that if they designed some of their plants without the expensive features which allowed them to be turned on and off quickly, they could build plants cheaper.
You don't design grids for base load, you design grids for peak load in all scenarios. If you can handle peak, you can also handle base.
Baseload is for cost optimization. And nuclear is a horrible way to optimize cost.
Way back when, they realized that grids had a base load below which it never dropped. They realized that if they designed some of their plants without the expensive features which allowed them to be turned on and off quickly, they could build plants cheaper.
You don't design grids for base load, you design grids for peak load in all scenarios. If you can handle peak, you can also handle base.
Baseload is for cost optimization. And nuclear is a horrible way to optimize cost.