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1 posted on 06/02/2016 10:25:43 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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The Clinton plant, Exelon says, has lost more than $453 million over the last six years

It's a Clinton thing.

2 posted on 06/02/2016 10:26:49 AM PDT by dfwgator
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No Nuke Engineer here, but it doesn’t sound right to me. Tempted to call BS on this one.


4 posted on 06/02/2016 10:30:42 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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I used to live within sight of the Byron, IL nuke plant. When we moved to WI, rates went up.


5 posted on 06/02/2016 10:31:42 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."-R.Reagan)
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i thought the nuke proponents said nuclear power would be ‘too cheap to meter’


13 posted on 06/02/2016 11:27:07 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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Fracking has changed many things in this business, along with combined cycle technology which allows natgas to convert 50% of its energy to electric power. That is high. Efficient coal is in the 30s, nukes are in the 30s as well.

Nuke plants require hoards of highly paid people to keep them licensed and safe. A combined cycle plant probably has 5-10 persons per shift.

Low natgas prices sealed the deal.

Biggest risk: no fuel stored at the plant site.


14 posted on 06/02/2016 12:38:27 PM PDT by cicero2k
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