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Originally Posted by chad86tsi
Natrium reactors or something similar is where we will likely end up after people realize solar doesn't work at night, wind doesn't always blow, batteries have limits and are costly, and we can't damn anymore rivers.
The good news is we already have working models dumping supply into the grid, and they are a lot faster and easier to implement than conventional nuc plants for multiple reasons.
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This is along the lines of more realistic solutions. This is why gas-turbines have been so popular in urban areas, because they are relatively cheap and easy to "add" for changes in demand, they run for a long time and don't require very much support. There are some interesting developments on the horizon, like F3 said you have to read between the lines sometimes and figure out if it's just someone promoting a pie-in-the-sky idea. Right now molten salt sounds good (different than liquid sodium) but there are numerous material issues that they are dealing with and trying to come up with realistic solutions for, outside of test facilities.