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Thanks for the clear explanation. It definitely expands my knowledge. So assuming we had excess power we could simply vent steam, or as
@Cujet suggested use it for other things in an on/off situation - carbon capture, spin up a gyro to generate power for peak load, etc. However all this requires a lot of money, and given South Carolina was unable to finish a single reactor on an already functioning site, this seems problematic
I realize this sounds trivial to non-US folks, but its not simply because the US federal government has no authority to choose a site within a state. I suppose they could do so in DC or Guam, but the constitution clearly lays out who is in charge in a particular state, its the State Government. So the State would need to agree, and of course no one wants it.
So what they need to do is bribe someone to take it. Nevada thought they were willing to be bribed, but they changed their mind. This of course will be seen as a bribe which has its own political problems, but if the bribe is big enough someone will take it.