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Author: | KingCobra [ Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:52 am ] | ||
Post subject: | Time Table Showing U.S. Nuclear Reactors Inseption | ||
This is an interesting time table. Only the U.S. nuclear reactors that are currently active are listed, except for San Onofre that I can see.
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Author: | KingCobra [ Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:53 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Time Table Showing U.S. Nuclear Reactors Inseption |
Here is a quote from the same link/article that I got the time table graph from. Quote: Although Watts Bar 2 is the first new U.S. nuclear generator to come online in 20 years, four other reactors are currently under construction and are expected to join the nuclear fleet within the next four years. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Units 3 and 4 in Georgia and Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station Units 2 and 3 in South Carolina are scheduled to become operational in 2019–20, adding 4,540 MW of generation capacity. http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=26652 |
Author: | KingCobra [ Wed Jun 15, 2016 11:02 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Time Table Showing U.S. Nuclear Reactors Inseption |
It is not surprising to anyone following nuclear power that estimated construction costs, decommission costs and time table of completion are always WRONG! Quote: Construction on Watts Bar Unit 2 originally began in 1973, but construction was halted in 1985 after the NRC identified weaknesses in TVA's nuclear program. In August 2007, the TVA board of directors authorized the completion of Watts Bar Unit 2, and construction started in October 2007. At that time, a study found Unit 2 to be effectively 60% complete with $1.7 billion invested. The study said the plant could be finished in five years at an additional cost of $2.5 billion. However, both the timeline and cost estimate developed in 2007 proved to be overly optimistic, as construction was not completed until 2015, and costs ultimately totaled $4.7 billion. SOURCE LINK http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=26652 |
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