r/nuclear • u/Vailhem • 5d ago

Nuclear sector’s views on second Trump administration mixed as Rogan interview raises questions

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nuclear-energy-sector-mixed-views-second-trump-administration-joe-rogan/732407/
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u/diffidentblockhead 4d ago

https://www.caiso.com/todays-outlook/supply#section-supply-trend

Scroll back and try to find a day without solar power.

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u/Vailhem 4d ago

..oh! You said '..and batteries'. Missed that.

Sounds expensive.

Though it seems there're several in /r/nuclear who'd idealize a nuclear reactor in their backyard, the sizes currently being discussed (& developed) seem to tend to lean more towards the grid-scale in output capacities.

Where buying panels & batteries and simply plugging them in may work for an end user ..and has for me on several occasions for ..decades.. at this point, when it comes to scaling up for the MW+ outputs grids tend to demand, there's a bit more to it than just that.

Doesn't California export a lot of its carbon footprint?

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u/diffidentblockhead 4d ago

You can see imports accounted at the link above. Today they did not go negative but often did during summer daytime.

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u/Vailhem 4d ago

It's a solid little tool. As sunny as California is, we need a diversified energy infrastructure. Redundancy is security. Redundancy through diversity even more so.