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People Would Rather Have Nuclear Power Plants In Their Area Than AI Data Centers (www.forbes.com)
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[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 hours ago

I'm in favor of nuclear, but no. Nuclear can't handle surges. It takes up to 3 days for a plant to sync to the grid.

The only power sources that can handle surges are hydro, batteries, and natural gas turbines.

Then nuclear power is good at is providing baseline power and slowly ramping that up and down to handle seasonal fluctuations, since solar power peaks during summer. Something else is needed to pick up the slack during winter