A wind plant only gets energy when the wind blows. A solar panel only absorbs energy when the sun shines.
A nuclear power plant, though, runs nearly all the time.
That gives nuclear power the highest operating rate and is one of the reasons it’s undergoing a renaissance.
In a world concerned about global warming, nuclear power is cleaner than gas or coal, and much safer than it was in 1979 at the time of the Three Mile Island accident, said John J. Hirt, who is seeking an MBA in finance and is participating in the University of Wisconsin-Madison business school’s Applied Security Analysis Program.