> Nuclear power plants require a connection to the grid to stay functional, as the biggest one in Europe has shown.
Not the case for all Nuclear, just really old nuclear. All the ones in Canada (CANDU reactors) have the rods suspended by electromagnets, if the station stops producing power, they drop into the reactor, ending criticality. They also use unenriched uranium (or plutonium or thorium).
Not the case for all Nuclear, just really old nuclear. All the ones in Canada (CANDU reactors) have the rods suspended by electromagnets, if the station stops producing power, they drop into the reactor, ending criticality. They also use unenriched uranium (or plutonium or thorium).