On Monday, April 14, 2014 7:07:47 AM UTC-4, rcp...@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   > The problem is nuclear reactors are very slow to change their output.  The   
   rate at which demand changes is far more rapid than the rate at which power   
   station type nuclear reactors can respond.    
      
   Slower than coal?   
      
   A large coal plant takes a long time to ramp up or ramp down.  Usually demand,   
   averaged out over the grid by many consumers, changes gradually and   
   predictively.  Utilities watch consumption and various factors, such as   
   weather, external events, etc.,    
   that might impact demand.   
      
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