It’s been done routinely for the last 20 years or so, reactors are designed to handle such load. The myth originates from the fact that due to almost constant operational cost, the nuclear production is most profitable when working at 100% capacity. But something being “most profitable” doesn’t mean it’s physically impossible or that it’s some kind of show stopper, as Greenpeace likes to present it. As a reminder, renewables routinely operate at capacity factor of 10-30% and everyone considers it to be perfectly fine.
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