If nuclear was an easy solution the French reactors would be running. Or as the article states.
> In France, nuclear availability is currently at 24.8 GW, less than half the installed capacity of 61.4 GW due to safety checks at several reactors.
The real problem isn't electricity, it is natural gas as a feedstock for industry and for heating. There you don't have the same instant fungibility pure electricity brings, and nuclear can't magically solve either.
> In France, nuclear availability is currently at 24.8 GW, less than half the installed capacity of 61.4 GW due to safety checks at several reactors.
The real problem isn't electricity, it is natural gas as a feedstock for industry and for heating. There you don't have the same instant fungibility pure electricity brings, and nuclear can't magically solve either.