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Bill Gates-backed nuclear contender Terra Power aims to build dozens of UK reactors (www.cityam.com)
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Bill Gates-backed nuclear contender Terra Power aims to build dozens of UK reactors::A Bill Gates-backed clean energy player is hoping to build dozens of nuclear reactors in the UK and will compete with global rivals.

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[–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I can't find any sources that support SMRs being used as peaker plants, conventional nuclear certainly can't behave this way. Do you have any links?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You can do this but it makes them even more expensive, because you’ve built an expensive plant for operational capacity that you don’t use.

    We should be load following with storage, not nukes.

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