Posted on 08/12/2015 10:56:50 AM PDT by Purdue77
Nearly 43 years after construction began on the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, the Unit 2 reactor at the Spring City, Tenn., plant is nearly ready to begin power production.
The Tennessee Valley Authority, which has spent more than $6 billion on the 1,150-megawatt reactor during a series of starts and stops in construction since 1973, said Tuesday the unit is 99 percent complete and key operating systems have been tested and proven to be in good working order.
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Time to file a meaningless lawsuit and have this thing shut down by an Odinga appointed judge.
At least it won’t be generating plant food that has AGW cult members panicking.
I think I could build one in 42 years. That’s one year sooner! Think I could get a contract???
Finally, we are increasing our nuclear!!! I’m glowing!
so to speak
43 frickin years?
Dam, just dam.
Yeah and just think of all the obsolete equipment that is installed.
In the last 40 years the invention of just harddrive technology has grown by leaps and bounds.
IF they have a computer system it probably has washtub drives and core memory that takes up the space of a 1960 Buick.
Like the shuttles.. 64K HP micros flying the thing
Core memory and paper tapes and Hollerith cards..
Sigggh..
It probably took 3 years to actually build it, and 40 years of lawyers going back-and-forth through court rooms...
$6 billion is a bargain, compared to wind and solar.
The locals should have higher but stable rates for 50 years if the plant is run properly.
You are probably correct. I suspect that the consumers have already paid their share over the last 43 years. Barring any new lawsuits, operating costs should be relatively low.
[ Nearly 43 years after construction began ]
Well there’s your problem....
Hey! Did anyone order the fuel rods!?
I’ve read where future plants will be upwards of $20B. Coal was around $1B 10 years ago but will be closer to $3B going forward. City of Houston was looking to invest $3-5B in batteries to distribute around the city. Windmills would charge them at night. The idea is it would mitigate the cost of building a new plant.
Yeah, feeling real old.
I worked on mid-range pooters that were on the ground in Houston and the Cape when the Apollo missions were launching.
I did not work directly at NASA, just on the same machines. We kept upgrading them and still had 3 running when I chunked ‘er in 7 years ago. A truly amazing piece of hardware.
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