For nuclear power plants to be reliable, they need operating conditions to be stable. With climate change intensifying by the year, one cannot expect predictability, control, and stability.

This is true for our entire society. It’s why climate change is going to hurt.

At this point, we should be building the fuck out of low-carbon power sources. With high cost, relatively risky technologies like nuclear, we need to build with the expectation that conditions are going to get much worse.