[rickycook]

does modern nuclear eschew digital controls? i mean... i’m sure they have manual cutoffs and sensors that humans monitor; can’t have some rogue hacker able to turn a nuclear plant into a huge catastrophe from the other side of the world and all...

but i’d think they’d be largely automated to reduce human error?

[ethbro]

Parent was talking about the necessity of networked digital control systems to manage intermittent renewable sources.

My point was that a grid comprised of a higher percentage of nuclear wouldn't need as advanced networked feedback, as sources wouldn't be turning on and off suddenly.

Indeed there would be local digital monitoring and control with nuclear, but that's a much less risky threat vector.

[droithomme]

Digital elements in control is not the same as internet controlled.

There is no valid reason to make nuclear power plant controls accessible for control by internet.

[waste_monk]

It would be crazy to make it network-controllable, but you could have a data diode to allow power generation metrics and other monitoring data pass from the control network to the outside world.