Nuclear power

[nwdiver]

Georgia's Plant Vogtle expansion ‘likely’ to miss in-service deadline​

Yay! More jobs! I don't know why they would ever want to finish it.... think of how many people will be laid off when they complete construction. Jerbs! Think of the jerbs!

 

[mspohr]

Former NRC chair questions economic feasibility of new nuclear in US

Former NRC Chairman Allison Macfarlane acknowledges the progress of small modular reactor designs from NuScale Power to achieve permitting while flagging supply chain issues for the broader industry.

www.utilitydive.com

Without further aid from Congress and the White House, the prospects for the U.S. nuclear industry will dwindle in the face of cheaper resources that are getting built faster than new nuclear generators, according to a former Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

 

[nwdiver]

Former NRC chair questions economic feasibility of new nuclear in US

Former NRC Chairman Allison Macfarlane acknowledges the progress of small modular reactor designs from NuScale Power to achieve permitting while flagging supply chain issues for the broader industry.

www.utilitydive.com

Without further aid from Congress and the White House, the prospects for the U.S. nuclear industry will dwindle in the face of cheaper resources that are getting built faster than new nuclear generators, according to a former Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

.... if corporations are people is there a corporate version of palliative care?

 

[nwdiver]

Economists: Ok.... the only way nuclear has even a snowballs chance in hell is if you standardize a SINGLE design and produce as many of that ONE design as you can.

Nuclear Industry: Here's the AP1000 oh no... the AP1400. NO! The Koreans have it right... the APR1400. NO... Norway has ironed out some bugs... the EPR reactors are the way to go!! You know what smaller is better. Here's a 50MW NuScale. WAIT. LFTR! ..... SQUIRREL!

SQUIRREL!

Wonder if he's thinking how ironic it is to be talking about economies of scale AND pitching yet ANOTHER design.... he's got to be..... right?

 

[SageBrush]

Wonder if he's thinking how ironic it is to be talking about economies of scale AND pitching yet ANOTHER design.... he's got to be..... right?

I don't see the contradiction -- so long as NONE of them are built.

 

[RubberToe]

WJXT News4JAX : Georgia nuclear plant now delayed until 2022 as costs mount.

Georgia nuclear plant now delayed until 2022 as costs mount

Georgia Power Co. said Tuesday that delays in completing testing means the first new unit at its Vogtle plant is now unlikely to start generating electricity before January at the earliest.

www.news4jax.com

 

[nwdiver]

WJXT News4JAX : Georgia nuclear plant now delayed until 2022 as costs mount.

Georgia nuclear plant now delayed until 2022 as costs mount

Georgia Power Co. said Tuesday that delays in completing testing means the first new unit at its Vogtle plant is now unlikely to start generating electricity before January at the earliest.

www.news4jax.com

Yay! More jobs!

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Yay! More jobs!

Fun task:
Create a graph of LCoE for Vogtle 3 & 4, solar, onshore wind, offshore wind and solar hybrid during the period of Vogtle's 3 & 4's construction.

 

[nwdiver]

Fun task:
Create a graph of LCoE for Vogtle 3 & 4, solar, onshore wind, offshore wind and solar hybrid during the period of Vogtle's 3 & 4's construction.

Yeah... but install ~10GW of wind or solar and you employ maybe 1k people for ~18 months. Just 2 GW of nuclear and you've got a ~15 year career for ~10,000 people It's basically the employment of 20 coal plants minus the pollution... also minus the electricity.

They installed 150MW of wind near my house. Took < 100 people 6 months. What a joke! Should require at LEAST 10x more people and take ~10x longer

 

[derekt75]

I started reading this thread in 2013. nwdiver was saying that nuclear was too expensive, and other renewables (e.g. photovoltaics) were cheaper. 8 years later, PV costs and battery costs are significantly lower. Nuclear costs are ... not.

So, how is this still a thread? Why do some people insist on trying to prop up nuclear?


At least the Jon Peterson of AXPW threads have been able to die off.

 

[nwdiver]

Why do some people insist on trying to prop up nuclear?

JERBS!!!

 

[mspohr]

JERBS!!!

The use jobs to sell it but all they really care about is corporate profits.

 

[Electroman]

At least the Jon Peterson of AXPW threads have been able to die off.

Whatever happened to this guy?

 

[derekt75]

Whatever happened to this guy?

I don't know what happened to him, but AXPW lost more than 99.9999% of its value.

 

[SmartElectric]

Why do some people insist on trying to prop up nuclear?

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/new-study-finds-nuclear-industry-accounts-for-76-000-jobs-across-canada-857735351.html

new study has found that Canada's nuclear industry accounts for 76,000 jobs across Canada, an increase from 60,000 jobs in 2012.

"The findings of the study show that Canada's nuclear industry is growing in size thanks in large part to the refurbishment of Ontario's reactors and research into new reactor technologies," said CNA President and CEO John Gorman. "These are high-paying and high-quality jobs."

Apply now!!!

https://www.opg.com/strengthening-the-economy/our-projects/darlington-refurbishment/careers-in-demand/

 

[mspohr]

French nuclear firm trying to fix ‘performance issue’ at China plant

The statement came shortly after the US TV network CNN reported that Framatome had previously warned the US energy department of an “imminent radiological threat” in a letter.

(This is a new design from EDF)

 

[miimura]

French nuclear firm trying to fix ‘performance issue’ at China plant

The statement came shortly after the US TV network CNN reported that Framatome had previously warned the US energy department of an “imminent radiological threat” in a letter.

(This is a new design from EDF)

The scary thing from the CNN reporting is that the Chinese regulators are increasing the radiation reporting threshold so that the plant remains "in spec". The French company raised alarms when the Chinese reporting value went higher than the European regulatory level.

 

[mspohr]

Even Ohio Republicans knew they had to get rid of one of their own after federal indictments drop

Ohio state Rep. Larry Householder was expelled from the state’s House after a 75-21 vote passed through the Republican-controlled chamber on Wednesday. Householder, the former Ohio House Republican speaker, refused to resign amidst calls from both...

www.dailykos.com

Householder and four of his “associates” were arrested and charged in a $60 million “federal bribery case connected to a taxpayer-funded bailout of Ohio’s two nuclear power plants.” H

 

[nwdiver]

Shrinkflation!

UAMPS downsizes NuScale SMR project​

 

[SageBrush]

Shrinkflation!

In nuclear accounting, changes of 100% are a rounding error