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		hypertele-Xii on Feb 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Needs ... > Nuclear has the benefit that it's reliable. If you design a plant to output X gigawatts - it'll still be able to do so regardless of the weather. Unless, of course, the weather is an earthquake followed by tsunami. Or political weather.

ThunderSizzle on Feb 1, 2022 [–]

Although a bunch of solar panels or wind turbines on the coast that are washed away by a tsunami isn't reliable either. Or when there's no wind or sun.

If it takes a tsunami to turn off a nuclear plant, it's about as reliable as it can be.

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