Posted on 02/17/2010 6:49:38 AM PST by TonyfromOz
Yesterday, President Obama announced loan funding approvals for $8 Billion to construct a new Nuclear Power Plant in Georgia, the first to be constructed in the U.S. for more than 30 years. That $8 Billion might seem a lot, and environmentalists are all venting the same old misinformation they always have, saying that money could be better spent on renewable plants. Do the three versions of renewable power stack up on a dollar for dollar basis when compared to Nuclear power? Here I actually do the comparison with links to actual data, and the result is actually no contest. Nuclear is by far the best option, but just one plant is not enough. The money being thrown at renewable power can be much better spent by putting it towards new technology Nuclear plants.
“”Hurrah for Georgia!””
Any word on WHERE in GA?
My house. I have to give up half the garage. I hope I can use some of that $8,000,000,000 to paint. Wife is gonna be upset when all the regulators and inspectors start showing up at all hours.
Google news search confirms my fuzzy recolection that they are adding another unit to Vogtle (I always thought it was Vogle) in Burke County. Just off the Savannah River, and, directly across from the Bomb plant.
Guys. You’ll have to excuse me for the late reply here. I’m here in Australia. I posted the original post at 1AM my time, and have only got back here now at around 9AM my time.
These two new reactors are Units 3 and 5 for the existing Plant Vogtle Power plant in Waynesboro in Burke County (in Central Eastern) Georgia. Work has already commenced.
That should read Units 3 and 4. My apologies.
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