The glow of the ghostly cooling towers of the Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant. A plant which has never produced 1 KW of electrical power. Now the TVA, after canceling their construction permits have requested the permits to be reinstated for units 1&2. Units 1&2 have been stripped of equipment.
The issue of radioactive waste plagues the nuclear industry. President Obama cancelled further expenditures on the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository.
TVA's Bellefonte 4 Reactor Dream, estimated cost of construction for 4 units, 26 Billion Dollars (2013 cost-$36 billion). An amount equal to the TVA's current debt which is growing and approaches the $30 Billion Congressional mandated cap of TVA debt.
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Salvaging Bellefonte: Article in Sunday's Chattanooga Times Free Press. http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/mar/29/alabama-salvaging-bellefonte/ ( Comment attached to article.) Say no to Nuclear and yes to Natural Gas Combined Cycle, a plan approved by the TVA in 1997 as the most economical, feasible and ecologically sound. This method would produce approximately 2600MW of electrical power. http://www.tva.gov/environment/reports/bellefonte/exsum.pdf
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USA Today Article on Nuclear Power. http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/environment/2009-03-29-nuclear-power-energy-return_N.htm
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This statement in the above article linked reflects the nuclear construction industry's propaganda in the article, it is false, it does not accurately reflect rate costs of nuclear or natural gas electrical power generation: "...nuclear plants are far less costly to operate, and the fuel, uranium, is cheaper than coal and natural gas. South Carolina Electric & Gas chose nuclear instead of natural gas to meet some of its power needs because it could produce electricity at retail rates of about 8 cents a kilowatt hour vs. about 10 cents with gas." This is typical of the ongoing deceit and propaganda promoted by the nuclear industry, nuclear lobbies and political supporters.
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The nuclear industry executives and proponents care not for citizen safety and financial well being. It is all about the nuclear construction industry's bottom line and their fear that the risks and truth will be told. Therefore preventing the industry from reaping the hundreds of billions of dollars in taxpayer money as there are no private corporations willing or able to finance construction.
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Costs of nuclear power as reflected by the Nuclear Resource Information Services, NIRS: "Generation costs/kWh for new nuclear (including fuel & O&M but not distribution to customers)are likely to be from 25 - 30 cents/kWh...current costs of nuclear power are from 17-22 cents/kWh when the nuclear facilities come on-line." Full report:http://www.nirs.org/neconomics/nuclearcosts2009.pdf
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Cost comparisons for power generation: http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Cents_Per_Kilowatt-Hour#Comparisons
2 comments:
The Emergency Diesel Generators for Units 1 and 2 at Bellefonte have been put on line in the past and have generated power on the grid. Thus, for you to say that Bellefonte has never produced one killowatt of power is not true. It has never produced one killowatt of NUCLEAR power. See what I mean about you not being very knowledgeable... There are untruths and inaccuracies about everything you type. Now, if you don't post this here on your blog, I'll know this site is a sham, isn't interested in opposing views, and will say so on the SBO site.
The only sham is your comment, Bellefonte has never generated power. It is you who is the sham and pandering deceit.
Your quote, "I'll know this site is a sham, isn't interested in opposing views, and will say so on the SBO site." Your statement is untruthful. I have always posted disagreements with any of my positions unless comments use profane language. My postings are based on research and documented facts.
What is the "SBO" site?? If you are going to post derogatory information concerning me, please inform as to the site.
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