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Nuclear plants are normally run on base load, that is at a constant output, because they run with lower fuel costs than fossil fired stations. Where there is a high proportion of nuclear plant, as in France at 75 percent, some of the nuclear plants will have to load follow, that is respond to changes in national load demand, but I don't think this applies in the US with only 20 percent nuclear. Stations with higher fuel costs would be shutdown at night or other low load periods, rather than nuclear, so yes there will always be some nuclear being generated at any time.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoThere are 104 operating reactors in the US
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∙ 13y agoWell there are over 400 power reactors world wide, with 104 in the US.
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∙ 14y agoSee website 'www.world-nuclear.org' for a review world wide
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