On 2005-09-30, Greg Copeland wrote:
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 13:50:45 +0000, Dylan Smith wrote:

You can't really replace natural gas plants with nuclear plants. Nuclear
plants provide base load power (they can't easily be throttled) for the
continuous supply you always need.

Traditional nuclear plants are "throttled" by controlling the reaction.
As demand goes down, the reaction is slowed, which produces less heat,
snip

Yeah, sure they can - but they can't be throttled like a gas station,
and that's why they are baseload power rather than brought up and down
as demand fluctuates. You wouldn't run your entire electrical system off
baseload generators, you'd still need powerplants that can be brought up
and down quickly.

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