What is the lead time for a nuke plant? Presuming plans have been approved, and environmental studies are all done... From ground break to finish certification? 10 years? 20? Best guess?
On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 8:38 PM Larry Turner via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Unfortunately, the US has a number of Nukes that will require retirement > or refueling in the near term. Without a program to build more we will > depend on coal/fossil fuel plants to provide power. Else, the US may > have some dark days and cold nights.... > > I was hopeful we might see Va start it's Nuke Power industry with Vepco > looking at a new reactor in the Western part of the state. Haven't > heard anything lately. > > LarryT > > On 12/20/2019 2:03 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > > SWITZERLAND47-year-old nuclear power plant shuts down on live > TVPublished: > > Friday, December 20, 2019 > > > > Switzerland today shut down one of its oldest nuclear power plants, part > of > > a plan to end the domestic production of atomic energy before the middle > of > > the century. > > > > Operator BKW took the Mühleberg Nuclear Power Plant, located 25 miles > west > > of the capital Bern, off the grid shortly after midday in a ceremony > > broadcast live by Switzerland's main public TV station. > > > > BKW, which is majority owned by the canton of Bern, said it plans to > begin > > dismantling the plant in January, a process that will take until 2034. > > Decommissioning and deposing of radioactive remains is estimated to cost > 3 > > billion Swiss francs ($3.1 billion). > > > > Mühleberg is the smallest of Switzerland's four remaining nuclear power > > plants. It began operation in 1972. > > > > After the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in Japan, > Switzerland > > decided to gradually phase out nuclear power. > > > > Switzerland is home to the world's oldest still-operating nuclear power > > plant, Beznau, which will be shut down toward the end of 2029. > > > > The remaining two nuclear plants, Gösgen and Leibstadt, will be shuttered > > around 2040 and 2045, respectively. > > > > Switzerland plans to significantly increase the production of renewable > > energy from solar and wind over the coming decades to meet its power > needs. > > As part of the European grid, Switzerland also buys electricity from > > neighboring countries such as France, which has numerous nuclear power > > plants. > > > > Earlier this week, campaigners submitted enough signatures to force a > > referendum on incorporating the goal of making Switzerland "climate > > neutral" by 2050 in the country's constitution. Doing so would require > > ending virtually all burning of fossil fuels by midcentury. *— Associated > > Press* > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
