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Why California Is Reconsidering Its Decision to Shun Nuclear Power
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Oh, I totally agree with the sentiment of using already build nuclear power plants in the meantime to speed up decarbonisation.
But long-term nuclear and renewables just don't go along well. Renewables need short-term storage (about the amount to shift production peak at noon to demand peak in the early evening) and seasonal long-term storage. Nuclear with it's constant production (because dialing production down temporarily doesn't save money making an already expensive producer even more so) can replace some of need for short-term storage. That's it. And it's much too expensive to compete batteries.
(If you want details: RTE, the French grind provider, did an extensive study about the future of nuclear and it's economical perspective compared with renewables in lat 2021. With lots of scenarios modelled for comparison. Long story short: You don't beat renewables plus storage. The niche nuclear can work in (and that really that's more from an "we have nuclear, we want nuclear, how do we make it work"-perspective) is in a renewable system with power-to-gas and peak burners as a long-term storage concept where it makes electrolysis much more economical because it does not only run when there is access renewable power produced but also through the night when nuclear still produces without much demand.)