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Sure, these are important questions.

Battery storage is more versatile than nuclear power due to its distributability. For example in Puerto Rico there is a concept[0] of a virtual power plant which requires battery owners to sign up to contribute in return for compensation. There will of course be economies of scale possible by centralizing battery storage, for example with non-chemical battery storage such as water batteries[1] that are more vulnerable than the highly distributed model. The point is more that there's more flexibility and variety available to deal with risks of many types.

0: https://www.tesla.com/support/energy/virtual-power-plant/pue...

1: https://www.science.org/content/article/how-giant-water-batt...



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