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Oh really, what's the ramp rate of this design? I haven't heard anybody claim that ability for SMRs.

What makes an array more dispatchable than a single SMR? I don't follow how that could be possible.

Elsewhere in the thread, credit_guy quotes 20% to 100% in 96 minutes[1].

[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32370392

Not sure 96 minutes will be sufficient in all load-following cases (bar a huge and therefore very expensive fleet of reactors). A gas turbine is way ahead here. Moreover in existing reactors the frequency of such adjustments is limited, for example "no more than twice a day, with a minimal 5-hours pause between modulations, and no more than 150 modulations per year". Approaching limits adds maintenance time (at shutdown state). I don't know if SMRs alleviate this, but given the causes I doubt so.

We will likely have sufficient battery storage where 1.5h would be acceptable though not quite ideal. It still requires quite a bit of storage, but its entirely doable for seasonal variations (the harder problem) and perhaps even daily cycles (the lesser problem).

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