Nuclear Power Goes Begging, Likely at Consumers’ Expense Electricity producers in several states are asking for hundreds of millions of dollars in financial support to keep costly nuclear power plants in business—a move that is likely to boost customers’ power bills. The utilities claim the nuclear reactors in question—located in New York, Ohio and Illinois—should … Continue reading Nuclear Power Goes Begging, Likely at Consumers’ Expense
FERC Sets Ginna Nuclear Facility Agreement for Hearing The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) continues to look askance at utility requests for guaranteed income streams for their generation resources. Most recently, R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC (Ginna) received a lukewarm reception to its request to establish a rate schedule and guaranteed revenue … Continue reading FERC Sets #Ginna Nuclear Facility Agreement for Hearing
Nuclear power needs government subsidies, but struggles to make the case for them WADSWORTH – Visiting the South Texas Plant Nuclear Operating Co. reminded me of the years I’ve spent on military bases. The machinery was huge and intimidating, the workers were courteous and professional, and the undertaking was important and dangerous. That’s not surprising … Continue reading Nuclear power needs government subsidies, but struggles to make the case for them
NRC approves nuclear power plant ownership transfer The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved a request to transfer ownership of a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. Commissioners approved PPL Susquehanna’s request for indirect transfer of control of the operating licenses for units 1 and 2 of the Susquehanna nuclear power plant. The request is in … Continue reading NRC approves nuclear power plant ownership transfer
Perry: Michigan still needs nuclear power Routinely and quietly, nuclear power generates a large amount of energy without loading the atmosphere with global warming emissions. Yet more than a half century after the Big Rock Point nuclear plant in Charlevoix began producing the first nuclear-generated electricity in Michigan, even as public concern over climate change … Continue reading Perry: Michigan still needs nuclear power
Unit 2 at Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Begins Scheduled Refueling Outage BERWICK, Pa., April 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Operators at PPL’s Susquehanna nuclear power plant disconnected the Unit 2 reactor from the electrical grid late Friday (4/10) to begin a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage. While the reactor is shut down, workers will replace about … Continue reading Unit 2 at #Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Begins Scheduled #Refueling Outage
Offshore Wind Energy Already Cheaper Than Gas-Fired & Nuclear Power Plants Despite the public perception of offshore wind energy being highly expensive, electricity generated via this technology is already cheaper than that generated by gas-fired power plants or proposed nuclear projects such as the Hinkley Point C project in the UK, according to a new … Continue reading Offshore Wind Energy Already Cheaper Than Gas-Fired & Nuclear Power Plants
US nuclear regulators to review Millstone with state panel WATERFORD, Conn. (AP) — Federal energy regulators and a local oversight panel are set to meet to discuss safety issues at Connecticut’s sole nuclear plant. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff members and the state Nuclear Energy Advisory Council will meet in Waterford Tuesday to review operations at … Continue reading US nuclear regulators to review #Millstone with state panel
PJM, Utility Officials Investigating Cause of DC-Area Outage PJM and utility officials said yesterday they are still investigating what caused the failure of a 230-kV transmission line that briefly cut power to the White House and much of the D.C. area Tuesday afternoon. The incident caused a drop in voltage that led the Calvert Cliffs … Continue reading PJM, Utility Officials Investigating Cause of DC-Area Outage
A New Kind Of Nuclear Reactor? Leslie Dewan is 30, and she’s been building things her whole life. As an undergrad at MIT, she constructed two ancient balsawood rafts and sailed them on the Charles River. Go back further, to the sixth grade, and she wired a generator to a little water wheel. It made … Continue reading A New Kind Of Nuclear Reactor?
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