Comment Comment by troupo > Nuclear is emphatically not an instant-on hot backup. Plants take time to spool up, and very importantly time to cool downAll modern nuclear plants work in load following mode with ability to change ant the rate of 3-5% of their rated capacity per minute.Graph and text on page 8: https://www.oecd-nea.org/upload/docs/application/pdf/2021-12...> Fukushima happened because you can't just turn a reactor off,Fukushima happened because the plant was hit with both an earthquake and a flood significantly exceeding its operational parameters (already extremely high) parent troupo 3 years ago
All modern nuclear plants work in load following mode with ability to change ant the rate of 3-5% of their rated capacity per minute.
Graph and text on page 8: https://www.oecd-nea.org/upload/docs/application/pdf/2021-12...
> Fukushima happened because you can't just turn a reactor off,
Fukushima happened because the plant was hit with both an earthquake and a flood significantly exceeding its operational parameters (already extremely high)