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ViewTrick1002last Sunday at 9:36 PM1 replyview on HN

Now calculate what it costs running a nuclear plant only at night.

You’ll end up at $400 per MWh excluding transmissions costs, taxes etc.

Your state already has coal plants forced to become peakers or be decommissioned because no one wants their expensive electricity during the daytime. Let alone a horrifyingly expensive new built nuclear plant.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-13/australian-coal-plant...


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XorNotyesterday at 1:44 AM

Not what I was responding to. Saying nuclear plants can't ramp for predictable night time demand is wrong.

Nuclear plants can't do instant demand response, but they can absolutely respond over windows of several hours.

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