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Solar is only one big volcano eruption away from potentially producing almost no energy for possibly months at a time[0]. It is good to diversify the energy mix, and nuclear is very robust.

0. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer



Meanwhile, Swedish nuclear plants seem to average at least one emergency stoppage per annum recently. If only it was 200 years between those!


At least they don't all stop working at the same time.




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