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by Nodraak
861 days ago
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> "As of early September 2022, 32 of France's 56 nuclear reactors were shut down" This is cherry picking. Look at the 10 years, or even lifetime, average availability. It's 90 or 95%. The reason for this bad number is because of delayed maintenance due to COVID. > "serious consequences for power plant cooling systems, as the drought reduced the amount of river water available for cooling." The reduction of power output of French nuclear was something like 0.30%. You read that right. So I would call "serious consequences" a blatant lie. |
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Average load factor for nuclear reactors globally hovers around 80% according to IAEA data [1]. In France the average is actually lower than this due to load following: by design, many French reactors don't always operate at full capacity because there isn't enough demand at off-peak times.
Few, if any, reactors reach 95%: planned outages for refuelling and maintenance takes up more than 5% of their time.
[1] https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/WorldStatistics/WorldTrendinAvera...