I just watched Chernobyl. I should probably abstain from weighing in right now. That series is horrifying
OT: maybe there is a growing appetite for nuclear energy
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Pretty incredible the lengths they go to lie about pretty much everything.
And the kicker to that now…. The snail darter is no longer listed as endangered because of higher populations in other areas. So a nuke plant up there running then and now would have had no overall effect.
The problem with Grand Gulf is its uptime and its availability to generate power at full output. GGNP has had more unscheduled downtime than pretty much any other nuke plant in the US.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/downtime-at-aging-grand-gulf-attracts-increased-scrutiny/
Simply put, if it ain't online generating power then it's offline and costing money. Downtime doesn't pay and GGNP has a lot of downtime.
Also, one of my family members is a corporate pilot for Entergy, he flies around members of Entergy's 7 figure paycheck club. They have recently purchased a few new jets. Jets that can go coast to coast without refueling. There is talk of "mini nukes" that could produce power for a city. I think some of this is related to sodium core reactors but we shall see.
Nuclear power is fine and dandy but it also has to be done right. This is one Genie that can't be let out of its bottle. A good portion of people in the US are pro nuclear power but nobody wants one (nuke plant) in their backyard nor do they want said produced waste in their backyard. That's the conundrum we find ourselves in.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/downtime-at-aging-grand-gulf-attracts-increased-scrutiny/
Simply put, if it ain't online generating power then it's offline and costing money. Downtime doesn't pay and GGNP has a lot of downtime.
Also, one of my family members is a corporate pilot for Entergy, he flies around members of Entergy's 7 figure paycheck club. They have recently purchased a few new jets. Jets that can go coast to coast without refueling. There is talk of "mini nukes" that could produce power for a city. I think some of this is related to sodium core reactors but we shall see.
Nuclear power is fine and dandy but it also has to be done right. This is one Genie that can't be let out of its bottle. A good portion of people in the US are pro nuclear power but nobody wants one (nuke plant) in their backyard nor do they want said produced waste in their backyard. That's the conundrum we find ourselves in.