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[–] schroedingershat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

This is the lie that is told, but nuclear has trouble getting grid penetration over 70% even with massive overprovision and storage via foreign interconnect.

Stable output which is totally interrupted for weeks at a time isn't useful for meeting a combination of stable, variable, and dispatchable loads. Nor does it contribute meaningfully alongside variable output.