The report does point to the benefits of nuclear power, including competitive pricing, strong base-load power provision, and low-carbon emissions.

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Once the concept is shown to be feasible, the developers can then build on the smaller facilities to form a larger base-load plant.

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Babcock builds smaller nuclear units of 100 megawatts, which can also be aggregated together to supply as much power as a base-load nuclear generator, or 1, 000 megawatts.

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Critics such as Heartland and ALEC are saying that most base-load generators are designed to go all-day, every-day and not to crank up and down so that they can back up wind and solar.

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Because geothermal produces consistent, base-load power--it doesn't depend on the wind blowing or the sun shining--utilities will pay up to three times more for geothermal electricity than for electricity from an intermittent source, like wind.

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It is a source of base load, low-carbon and largely fixed-cost power for many utilities.

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The only way that we can resolve these challenges, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a timeframe that avoids the worst consequences of climate change, is to develop next-generation sources of clean base load power.

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