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Clearly that only matters with nuclear and magically doesn't happen in any other case
People also think that nuclear is some sort of magical thing that provides cheap unlimited energy on demand, when really it's an expensive, lumbering option, that is slow to construct and difficult to maintain. There's a reason why even China prefers renewables over nuclear, and they have reactors for military research.
It's almost as if that's why the gold standard is a nuclear baseline with renewable to meet demand spikes.
There is some evidence to suggest a small nuclear presence in an otherwise majority renewables grid, can be ideal. But this is the most generous position you can have for nuclear.