Comments on: Everything you could possibly want to know about nuclear energy* — This Wed. at 10 am EST http://climateprogress.org/2008/07/15/everything-you-could-possibly-want-to-know-about-nuclear-energy-this-wed-at-10-am-est/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:34:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Ronald http://climateprogress.org/2008/07/15/everything-you-could-possibly-want-to-know-about-nuclear-energy-this-wed-at-10-am-est/#comment-16049 Ronald Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:12:15 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/07/15/everything-you-could-possibly-want-to-know-about-nuclear-energy-this-wed-at-10-am-est/#comment-16049 This is notice a day ahead of time. That is different. It does seem to me that most of the notices were on the day of. I'll have to listen. This is notice a day ahead of time. That is different. It does seem to me that most of the notices were on the day of. I’ll have to listen.

]]> By: Glenn doty http://climateprogress.org/2008/07/15/everything-you-could-possibly-want-to-know-about-nuclear-energy-this-wed-at-10-am-est/#comment-16053 Glenn doty Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:22:50 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/07/15/everything-you-could-possibly-want-to-know-about-nuclear-energy-this-wed-at-10-am-est/#comment-16053 There's nothing wrong with renewing the existing nuclear facilities as long as the Uranium fuel prices don't make them non-competitive. The loss of the current nuclear capacity is something we have simply not prepared for, and cannot handle. That said, we should laugh off attempts to expand the industry. New nuclear power plants are flat-out too expensive to compete with wind, which is a much cleaner energy source. http://www.dotyenergy.com/Markets/Nuclear%20Fission.htm There’s nothing wrong with renewing the existing nuclear facilities as long as the Uranium fuel prices don’t make them non-competitive.
The loss of the current nuclear capacity is something we have simply not prepared for, and cannot handle.

That said, we should laugh off attempts to expand the industry. New nuclear power plants are flat-out too expensive to compete with wind, which is a much cleaner energy source.

http://www.dotyenergy.com/Markets/Nuclear%20Fission.htm

]]> By: llewelly http://climateprogress.org/2008/07/15/everything-you-could-possibly-want-to-know-about-nuclear-energy-this-wed-at-10-am-est/#comment-16060 llewelly Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:03:00 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/07/15/everything-you-could-possibly-want-to-know-about-nuclear-energy-this-wed-at-10-am-est/#comment-16060 A whole plant by 2014, eh? When you put that next to a current fleet of 104 reactors, it looks like a growth, of, oh, maybe 5% or so. How much growth in deployed nuclear energy capacity does this one plant really represent? By contrast, how fast wind and solar power growing? How fast is demand growing? A whole plant by 2014, eh? When you put that next to a current fleet of 104 reactors, it looks like a growth, of, oh, maybe 5% or so. How much growth in deployed nuclear energy capacity does this one plant really represent? By contrast, how fast wind and solar power growing? How fast is demand growing?

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