I'm not a fan, either, but if his $$$ can push nuclear back into existence, it is good for all
My question is what in the hell have we been waiting on ?????
Waiting for the fear-mongers to die or stfu.
What happened at Three Mile Island and what happened at Chernobyl are not even on the same planet when it comes to the severity of the accidents and the reasons why they happened but these fear mongerers can’t get past that.
It is far and away the cleanest, most efficient solution.
The one in PA was nothing. Literally a non-event.
Or somebody is making/have made a shitt ton of money on solar panels and windmills. It's America.....always follow the money.
I think non-event is a little strong (it was an actual nuclear melt-down, after all), but a lot of the backlash was due to something of an over-reaction by officials. Which, given how the soviets reacted a few years later - I'd still take it.
The seamen may not be glowing but they look oddly satisfied*
Nonsense - just look at how widely available cheap/free information over the last 30 years has been problem-free*************************
My occasional tin foil hat thought.... I wonder what it would be worth to the world's current energy producing complex to "sit on it" if this "cheap/free" energy source has already been discovered.
Your point overall is great, but Grand Gulf is pretty far down the list in power output. Unless maybe you're measuring another way?
I'll check my numbers and get back to you**Your point overall is great, but Grand Gulf is pretty far down the list in power output. Unless maybe you're measuring another way?
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GG is one reactor at 1,500… hence its a really 17ing big reactor.Your point overall is great, but Grand Gulf is pretty far down the list in power output. Unless maybe you're measuring another way?
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I'm far (far) from an expert on this, so others can argue about the best way to measure nuclear power plants... but from that most trustworthy of sources, wikipedia: Grand Gulf's reactor is the most powerful in the US and the 7th most powerful in the world, with a core power of 4408 MW"Your point overall is great, but Grand Gulf is pretty far down the list in power output. Unless maybe you're measuring another way?
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I'll take a root beer any ol time, but Im guessing the difference is 1 reactor vs other places having 2-3 smaller ones. Very cool the largest single one is in MS - I'd hazard a guess that b/c GG has such great water flow available, they don't need to have more than 1?
just to clarify that last piece. No, Grand Gulf can't double it's output without building another reactor/unit. Back in the 80's when it was being constructed it was intended to have two reactors, but Unit #2 got scrapped after Three Mile Island happened. Some of the infrastructure for Unit #2 had been built, but the reactor itself had not yet, and what was built was abandoned and has been cannibalized since. But there's no second unit there that could be easily turned on.
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3 Mile Island is re-opening. I'd say that's a good indicator that the narrative has finally changed on nuclear. All it took was people hating the landscape being filled with solar and wind farms apparently.
