Big Oil profits are way up.
So, my question: Why still have there not been not nuclear reactor to come on line in the US since 1996 (Watts Barr in TN)?
It is estimated by the year 2015, the US will have to build 3-4 new plants per year to meet demand as to keep up with the current 20% level of generation and to replace some aging facilities.
I don't know about US companies, but nuke plants are applying for permits. I just saw an article two weeks ago on a project somewhere in South Carolina.
If the greenies were really interested in saving us from the biggest threat of all (that would be global warming to them) they should be pushing really hard for more nuclear plants. That is the #1 way we could reduce man-made CO2 emmissions. But so far the greenies have been silent on this. Instead all we hear about is the stupid Kyoto Treaty which does nothing.
I recall a article a few months ago, that several new nuke plants were in the plans because of the energy bill passed last year. Including up to two in NC.
I suppose Small Oil profits are up too. ;)
Duke Power has applied or is in the process of applying for a COL (Construction-Operating liscense) for the Cherokee Co site in South Carolina for a twin AP1000 unit.
Constellation the same for a 1600 MWe Areva ractor at the Calvert Cliffs site
Southern Nuclear the same for a twin AP1000 plant at the Vogtle site in Georgia
Nustart (a utility consortium) has chosen the Bellafonte site for a twin AP1000 plant.
Dominion has done the same for a site in Virginia for a twin AP1000 site.
The Grand Gulf site has been chosen by Nustart for a new ABWR plant.
Florida Progress has chosen the Harris site near Raleigh-Durham in North Carolina for a twin AP1000 plant.
There are a couple of more I can't remember right at this minute, but the nuclear revival is underway.
Three I have heard of this winter. Duke is one of them.
Three I have heard of this winter. Duke is one of them.