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Nuclear generates the same power when demand is minimum as when its maximum.

Take Germany for example. It requires a peak of 45GW of power and a trough of 30GW.

That means that you need 45GW running 24/7, with 10% overcapacity for maintenence, so 50GW running 247,

Nuclear's lack of dispatchability means it needs to generate 50GW to produce 35GW-days, meaning the cost per MWh is more like $150 per MWh rather than $30MWh for solar.



"Nuclear generates the same power when demand is minimum as when its maximum." - if you look at French RTE data, that's far from true)




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