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Originally Posted by freebeard
The reactor is one component of a system. You'd need to build the system with buffering, caching and load balancing included.
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Sure, but the point remains.
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Originally Posted by sendler
the reactor core averages 100%. The Salt thermal storage charges or discharges at another 100%. The turbines are scaled to provide 200% of the core (core output plus salt output. 100% electrical in morning and evening. 200% electrical at night or 6 pm cooling peak. 0% electrical / 100% thermal storage when solar is cranking.
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That doesn't solve the problem of the intermittency of renewables. You might be able to build the system to cope with normal fluctuations due to day / night, but a couple unexpected weeks of overcast creates an energy deficit. The nuke output still has to be sized to supply 100% of the demand 100% of the time, and if it cannot be throttled, then there is no benefit to renewables.