[randmeerkat]

From the article Texas seems to be having issues with coal and nuclear power right now too:

“...But that doesn't explain the shortfalls in coal and nuclear, and the ERCOT executive wasn't willing to speculate.”

[inter_netuser]

How can that be? Why are nuclear plants unable to produce?

Aren't they baseload plants and run at pretty much the same capacity most of the time?

[edbob]

In one of four nuclear plants in Texas, "According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the shutdown of the nuclear reactor was caused by a disruption in a feedwater pump to the reactor, and that caused the plant to trip automatically and shut down early Monday."

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/how-and-why...

[randmeerkat]

Maybe the plants themselves are having issues with equipment freezing?

[MattRix]

Correct. Nuclear still requires water, and the water pumps/pipes are freezing because they weren’t properly weatherized.