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Unreliables | Wind energy

Blog row in UK between EWEA and Foratom regarding magnitude of subsidies
ByRod Adams October 22, 2012July 15, 2020

…s decommissioning funds in the next few years. This is even worse than the Zion shut down. seth Yeah Rod are you working on a report on what Big Oil scam the utility is working on in order to justify shutting down Kewaunee. Twominds I can’t find it either. I’ve posted a line at EWEA asking for a link to the discussion. Now I’ll wait and see if they’ll react. Twominds I had a little conversation at the EWEA blog and it seems the blog row consists o…

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Alternative energy | Atomic politics

Would a third party candidate use “N” word in debates on energy alternatives?
ByRod Adams October 4, 2012July 10, 2020

…about why the company had not taken a more visionary approach to restoring Zion to operation when natural gas prices started rising in 2000. I am starting to get a better vibe from Chris Crane; the company’s stance about the PTC is refreshing. Robert Steinhaus @Engineer-Poet – The CO2 produced by a DCFC fuel cell is rather pure, sufficiently pure to consider for use in many large scale industrial chemical processes that would never consider using…

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Nuclear Waste | Politics of Nuclear Energy

House committee report sharply critical of passive aggressive “decision” on Yucca
ByRod Adams June 9, 2011July 6, 2020

…Team”). Although I am not certain, that could be a factor in shutting down Zion. I do recall they had finding problems at the time that would take time to resolve. Joel Riddle Rich, There was a decent amount of discussion about the Browns Ferry red finding here: https://atomicinsights.com/2011/05/gregory-jaczko-example-of-public-hazard-of-political-appointments.html#comments I had a suspicion that the NRC may have called it a red finding in part d…

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Cooperative Effort is Required to Build Large New Nuclear Power Plants and Allow Those Projects to Create Jobs
ByRod Adams September 3, 2010July 21, 2020

…tilities into near bankruptcy; we see that with the pending destruction of Zion in Illinois, believed by some to be a plot to drive down supply and therefore destroy supply to impose high electricity prices on demand; we see that with the wind-turbine lobby being cross-subsidized by the gas-pushers; we see that with the ongoing slick publicity campaign for the “smart grid” to import time-of-use spot pricing, power markets, and Wall Street Enron-Sa…

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Aging nuclear | decommissioning | Diablo Canyon

Why might PG&E decide to destroy Diablo Canyon when it’s almost paid off?
ByGuest Author June 5, 2016August 8, 2023

…tly waging a losing battle. I ask this — do the counties and media around Zion and VY and Ft. Calhoun mourn their passing? Did they kick up a storm that such was pending? Maybe had those plants been a lot more aggressive justifying their existence and operations to a science-unwashed public, that public would’ve been just a little more understanding and forgiving and willing to ride out any fiscal pot-holes those plants might incur, SONGS a case…

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Climate change | Fossil fuel competition | Health Effects

Doubt – confusion leads to inaction and benefits status quo
ByRod Adams September 23, 2011July 5, 2020

…y reached the end of their 40 year licenses or even well before that time (Zion). There was no little or no effort going on to design or build more. “Everyone” agreed that they were too expensive to compete against natural gas. The people who were fighting global warming were focused on getting rid of coal and replacing it with “clean natural gas”. Nearly every power plant built in America for 15 years was a simple or combined cycle gas turbine th…

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Alternative energy | Antinuclear activist | Atomic politics | The Atomic Show Podcast

Atomic Show #179 – The Forgotten Bomb
ByRod Adams January 31, 2012July 5, 2020

…ited States. ‘Is it possible for us to witness a world without America and Zionism?’ he asked. ‘You should know that this slogan, this goal, can certainly be achieved.'” Quoted by Amir Taheri in the NY Post, 9/23/07. Well, that’s an ambiguous political statement, and for all I know something was lost in translation. But the word “goal” is pretty clear. To that goal, what? Some demonstrations? I have no problem with the Persians and all those other…

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Antinuclear activist | Politics of Nuclear Energy | Shoreham video | Technical History Stories

Shoreham Chapter 9 – Concluding thoughts; one battle in long war over nuclear energy
ByRod Adams September 6, 2011February 23, 2025

…there any such facility in existence today? PS: If not Shoreham, could the Zion units be used for such a place? That would save having to wreck all that concrete. Rod Adams @Bob – unfortunately, it is not 6 million, but 6 BILLION that would have to be made up. However, that cost is sunk, so any income from operating a nuclear power exhibition might help. Of course, that would require a staff, etc. It is an interesting idea, but probably quite unwo…

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Nuclear Waste

Rep Shimkus, a conservative market proponent, recognizes that “the waste issue” imposes a financial risk and cost on nuclear energy
ByRod Adams February 10, 2018July 1, 2020

…k about how much less CO2 would be floating in the air around Milwaukee if Zion I & II and Kewaunee were still operating? Think about how much LESS their taxes would be if that Wind turbine was not there and power was coming from a taxpaying NPP like the now closed Kewaunee Power Station? Engineer-Poet When are the Wind and Solar “Exspurts” going to wake up and use some basic common sense? About the 43rd of never. It’s a romantic movement borderi…

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Atomic Advocacy | Economics | Fossil fuel competition

Atomic fission technology is a terrible candidate for a “do not resuscitate” order. Antinuclear groups MUST not be granted right to put one in place
ByRod Adams April 10, 2018July 1, 2020

…mise of old nuclear.” That has also been my concern from the time that the Zion plants shut down in 1998. This concern is heightened by the fact that the NRC will not allow a plant that has canceled their license to restart regardless of the fact that it was placed in a standby mode to assure future operationality even if the plant undergoes a second restart verification program. Absurd. I am very familiar with the restarting of a two unit Coal fi…

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Sierra Club, Shell Oil, Cato, RMI, Exelon and ExxonMobil All Agree – Just Do Without So We Do Not Build Any Disruptive New Capacity
ByRod Adams September 15, 2010July 16, 2020

…ciency (except for what directly affects their operations). Exelon and the Zion nuclear power plant: While rebuilding it would be cheaper than building a new nuclear plant, running their existing coal plants more is even cheaper, especially since the cost of fuel is passed through to customers. A tragedy of short-sighted thinking. Rich Look at this article – http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/14/coal-miners-say-environmental-rules-killing-job…

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Guest Columns

Whose permission is needed to operate important facilities?
ByGuest Author June 2, 2012July 14, 2020

…fo on Pilgrim. Seem to remember a similar struggle in the late 1990’s with Zion. Hopefully this will be resolved favorably for all. The 7-years to relicense probably did not help matters much either. Thank you for the correction on Enexus, that fell off the radar screen a while ago. I did not know that it was shot down. Makes sense. I did not get to your comment on the PR campaign of nat gas. There is more to it recent article in WSJ: http://onlin…

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