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Atomic energy technology, politics, and perceptions from a nuclear energy insider who served as a US nuclear submarine engineer officer

AP1000 saga

Reactor Coolant Pumps for AP1000 still a problem

August 29, 2015 By Rod Adams 27 Comments

This is a story that I really don’t want to tell, but bad news is like old fish. It doesn’t smell any better as it ages. All eight AP1000 construction projects are at risk “for want of a nail.” In this case the nail is a reactor coolant pump, the largest one in the world, […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, AP1000 saga, New Nuclear

Who said modular construction would save money on first of a kind units?

August 2, 2015 By Rod Adams 42 Comments

On July 27, 2015, the Wall St. Journal published an article written by Rebecca Smith titled Prefab Nuclear Plants Prove Just as Expensive. That piece has been widely shared and discussed on social media with more than 2700 shares on Facebook and more than 150 shares on Twitter as counted from the original article. I […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, AP1000 saga, Business of atomic energy, New Nuclear

Irish people should ignore Arnie Gundersen because he’s wrong

March 18, 2015 By Rod Adams

A friend who often gets involved in discussions about nuclear energy stories with frightened people in his social media network contacted me to find out what I thought of an article titled Nuclear plant could be a ‘Chernobyl on steroids,’ says expert. Then the same story showed up on one of my daily news feeds. […]

Filed Under: Antinuclear activist, AP1000 saga

Diseconomy of scale – world’s largest canned-motor reactor coolant pump

February 28, 2015 By Rod Adams

On February 16, 2015, an AP article by Ray Henry titled Nuclear plants delayed in China, watched closely by US firms contained a short paragraph that has contributed to a number of sleepless nights. I’m pretty sure there are plenty of other people affected in the same manner who have far more at stake than […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, AP1000 saga, Business of atomic energy, New Nuclear, Pressurized Water

Effective long form advertisement describing Westinghouse AP1000

October 2, 2013 By Rod Adams

Westinghouse seems intent on taking advantage of the growing capabilities of the internet to distribute effective messages about the value of its products. It may be difficult to explain the benefits of a nuclear reactor producing 1,110 MW of reliable emission-free electricity in a 15 or 30 second TV spot. It might also be difficult […]

Filed Under: Advanced Atomic Technologies, AP1000 saga, Pressurized Water, Water Cooled Reactors

Is Levy County nuclear plant too expensive to compete with natural gas?

May 13, 2013 By Rod Adams

On Saturday, May 11, 2013, the Tampa Bay Times published a lengthy piece by Ivan Penn titled Levy nuclear plant more costly than a natural gas facility that uses a detailed analysis with substantial “error bars” around cost estimates to show that under nearly all scenarios considered, the two reactor installation that has been proposed […]

Filed Under: Fossil fuel competition, AP1000 saga, New Nuclear, Nuclear Cost Data

Markey is lying. The AP1000 design certification has been anything but “fast tracked”

January 7, 2012 By Rod Adams

A letter to the editor of the Asheville Citizen-Times published on January 6, 2012 got me riled up. The letter is intended to encourage people who live in Asheville to organize to resist the William States Lee nuclear power plant development project proposed for a site in Gaffney, SC., which is about 60 miles from […]

Filed Under: Antinuclear activist, AP1000 saga, Atomic Advocacy, New Nuclear

Crowd sourced debunking of Gundersen lies about AP1000 & Fukushima

December 1, 2011 By Rod Adams

I have an important request for Atomic Insights readers. Our old friend, Arnie Gundersen, has once again violated the admonition that it is better to remain silent and thought to be a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. In this recent video, he describes how he was commissioned by a group […]

Filed Under: Accidents, Antinuclear activist, AP1000 saga, International nuclear

Is the NRC the “gold standard” of nuclear regulation or the “DMV standard”?

October 15, 2011 By Rod Adams

On October 13, 2011 the Reuters news service published an article titled NRC delays reactor certification to study Japan damage that led with the following paragraph. WILMINGTON, N.C., Oct 13 (Reuters) – U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission certification of new reactor technology has been delayed by the agency’s evaluation of the earthquake and tsunami damage to […]

Filed Under: New Nuclear, AP1000 saga, Nuclear regulations, Politics of Nuclear Energy Tagged With: license, NRC

Georgia residents may pay for Jaczko’s antinuclear behavior

July 7, 2011 By Rod Adams

Sanmen Unit #1 - Containment-Annex Bldg - May 2011

The flagship project of the US nuclear energy renaissance is in trouble. The people of the great state of Georgia and the investors in Georgia Power may end up footing the bill for actions that have been taken to delay the project. I feel a personal and a professional attachment to the story; I want […]

Filed Under: Antinuclear activist, AP1000 saga, Nuclear Cost Data, Politics of Nuclear Energy

NRC wavering on AP1000 decision under pressure by FOE

June 5, 2011 By Rod Adams

On May 10, 2011, the Friends of the Earth, a group that has professionally opposed nuclear energy since the late 1960s, issued a press release that challenged the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s refusal to extend the public comment period for the AP1000. Here is a quote from the press release describing how the group organized […]

Filed Under: AP1000 saga, Antinuclear activist, Politics of Nuclear Energy

Westinghouse Sold AP1000 Technology Developed With American Taxpayer Assistance to China More than Three Years Ago

November 26, 2010 By Rod Adams

It sometimes surprises me just how long it takes the advertiser supported media to recognize an important story. This morning, my Google News Alert indicated that MSNBC and Bloomberg had both noticed that Westinghouse had transferred 75,000 documents relating to the design and construction of AP1000 nuclear reactor plants to China. One of those sources […]

Filed Under: AP1000 saga

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