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to a reliable low-carbon solution . “ The industry , more widely , needs to not just acknowledge , but begin to say much more clearly that this about the best of a mix of a range of technologies ,” he says . “ It ’ s an acknowledgment that there is not a single answer .”
On-demand advantage Advocates of nuclear energy argue that its ability to be dispatched at the request of grid operators make it an ideal , cleaner complement to more intermittent methods of renewable generation . Greatrex explains that nuclear can act as a baseload power source to be built upon “ rather than trying to find a very expensive way to have some dormant peaking capacity to ramp up for the couple of weeks in January when it ’ s most acutely needed ,” he adds .
“ Nuclear ’ s major advantage is that it produces a large amount of near-zero carbon baseload energy reliably with a minimal impact on land resources ,” says Vince Zabielski , a Senior Lawyer at Pillsbury law firm ’ s nuclear energy practice . “ From a security of supply standpoint , nuclear makes a lot of
10 October 2016