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Originally Posted by Piotrsko
Afaik, nukes can go to + 100% rated, but I don't offhand know the length of time at that output, might be generator heat dissipation limited. Do know TMI ran periodically 105 to 107 per Scientific American on their investigation. Ditto for Chernobyl. ( hmmm trend?) However every so often you need to refuel. Also know Stanford lab at Lawrence Livermore in Sacto has some that are 40+ years operation, same for the one here in reno that just got refueled.
Point is: they don't run 100 years and you DON'T do that hot.
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There are nukes that have been in operation for 55 years now, and it seems they usually get extended service authorization in 20 year increments whenever they reach the end of permission to operate.
The reason nukes have an actual output of 95% is due to maintenance and refueling that brings them offline briefly, whereas all solar goes offline at least half of the time, and spends 99.99% of the rest of it at varying degrees of less than maximum output capability.