DamonHD@otfrom @jwildeboer One reason that nuclear is not a panacea as some zealots would like to believe, but in conjunction with (eg) solar and storage can still be v useful. I am in favour of new nukes, but not somehow instead of renewables.
fcalva@DamonHD @otfrom @jwildeboer Nuclear is a cheaper way to replace fossil fuels (at least once you get the construction going, and not just building one plant after 40 years of nothing)
@fcalva @otfrom @jwildeboer The 'cheaper' is widely contested for a number of reasons, but indeed also not building any for decades and forgetting how to do it does not help!
@DamonHD @otfrom @jwildeboer What reasons ? The upfront cost is high (it's also why there are few privately built nuclear plants), but the running costs per Wh are very low.
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I think 'baseload' is an emergent thing that would go away if we managed systems differently.
Nukes can however replace a bunch of storage, especially anything over a few hours which is currently difficult, eg to help with dunkelflauten.
A agree with inflexibility: *no* GB nuke load follows AFAIK, though one nominally can.