Kirov123 t1_it38d99 wrote on October 20, 2022 at 4:41 PM

Reply to comment by Amtsschreiber in German leader warns against 'worldwide renaissance' for coal by Wagamaga

Pretty sure nuclear is moving towards clustered mini reactors which can operate fine with low demand and start up/shut down much faster than many currently operating reactors. By having many smaller reactors they can easily scale up/down generation to meet grid demand.

Amtsschreiber t1_it3agz9 wrote on October 20, 2022 at 4:54 PM

The power demand scaling is not as much as factor as the cost. Also call me again when those "clustered mini reactors" actually exist in mass production.

Fuckyourdatareddit t1_it46pt7 wrote on October 20, 2022 at 8:22 PM

Pity there aren’t any operating prototypes for small commercial nuclear reactors yet 😂 But yeah of course, just wait for the the prototypes to be built and tested and improved and THEN start building more nuclear power, that’ll solve all our problems… in fifteen years when the first of them come online