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Westinghouse strikes deal to build US nuclear power plants [the first such projects in 30 years....]
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Posted on 04/08/2008 5:04:40 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Westinghouse strikes deal to build US nuclear power plants Apr 8 07:52 PM US/Eastern

Westinghouse Electric, a unit of the Japanese Toshiba Corp., said Tuesday it had struck a deal with Georgia Power to build two nuclear power plants in the southern United States, the first such projects in 30 years.

The two Westinghouse AP1000 power plants will be located at a site near Augusta, Georgia which already had two existing nuclear reactors.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: energy; georgia; nuclear; nuclearpower; toshiba; westinghouse
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To: potlatch
"So if it’s not a commercial nuke reactor it d"oesn’t count, huh?"

Oh, it counts, but you MUST understand that experimental devices are just that, experimental, and things WILL fail. The safety factor is a lot lower than for commercial systems. And even if the SL-1 accident is included, the safety record of the nuclear power industry is better than ANY OTHER MEANS OF GENERATING ELECTRICITY--INCLUDING all the experimental systems.

"Easy to say irrelevant when it suits your needs.

When you start comparing apples and oranges, yes it "is" irrelevant.

"Lol, I must be the only woman on this thread."

And that, too, is irrelevant.

But what you ARE is a gullible twit. The anti-nuclear "movement" started out as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the KGB, started and funded by the Soviet Union, as a means of putting pressure and slowing the US's efforts in nuclear weapons research. Unfortunately, it didn't die with the Soviets, having become part of the belief system of the leftists.

The US needs to increase its energy production, and nuclear power is THE most reliable, safest, and lowest environmentally impacting way to do that that we have. It could also be the least expensive, if the KGB puppets weren't constantly working to increase the cost with constant fearmongering and lawsuits.

141 posted on 04/09/2008 4:17:06 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel-NRA)
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To: Who is John Galt?

Westinghouse is an autonomous unit of Toshiba.

There is Japanese involvement in the small BWR division of Westinghouse, but there are no Toshiba executives in the three main divisions (New Plants, PWR Services, Fuel Services) of Westinghouse.

Toshiba purchased Westinghouse from BNFL less than two years ago. Westinghouse blossomed under BNFL ownership because BNFL let Westinghouse operate freely. If you recall, before BNFL, Westinghouse was owned by CBS (yes, that CBS). Under American CBS ownership, Westinghouse was stiffled by lawyers who wanted involvement in every aspect of operation.

Toshiba has promised to allow Westinghouse to operate as it did under BNFL.

Toshiba purchased Westinghouse because many of these deals were already in the works, while it was a British owned company.

Thus, I beleive that your problem with the nuclear rennaissance, because it is starting with Westinghouse, because Westinghouse is an autonomous unit of Toshiba, because Toshiba sold a sensitive capability long before it bought Westinghouse, is unfounded.


142 posted on 04/09/2008 5:41:53 AM PDT by kidd
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To: AGreatPer
"and is the safest design on the planet."
Don't get me wrong, I am for it, but isn't what they said about the TMI design as I look at it out my window. Two stacks steaming, two stacks dead forever.

There was no problem with the TMI design. If the operators had allowed the design features to work, you'd see four stacks steaming.

And clearly, the last resort safety feature (the containment) worked. Otherwise you wouldn't be looking out your window at the plant.

More people died at Chappaquiddick than at TMI.

143 posted on 04/09/2008 5:50:48 AM PDT by kidd
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To: DoughtyOne
I wonder if these are going to be the low grade pebble type reactors?

Deals are nearly complete to start building these in South Africa.

144 posted on 04/09/2008 5:52:03 AM PDT by kidd
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To: Nuc1
very, very bad that we cannot manufacture them ourselves

Not right now. This is under review...

145 posted on 04/09/2008 5:53:48 AM PDT by kidd
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To: Sub-Driver

I’m glad to see this, but don’t like Toshiba anywhere near a contract after their sub prop business.


146 posted on 04/09/2008 5:54:24 AM PDT by Loud Mime (If Muslims love death, why do they have hospitals?)
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To: Loud Mime

see post 142.


147 posted on 04/09/2008 5:55:05 AM PDT by kidd
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To: Sub-Driver

If we HAD done it thirty years ago, the Arabs would be happy as clams now if they could get twenty five bucks for a barrel of oil.

Aren’t the froggies like 80 percent nuclear?
Not to mention the fact that reactor tech has evolved hugely, cripes half the satellites we send out now will run for 25,000 years on the amount of radium that used to be in a watch dial...


148 posted on 04/09/2008 5:57:56 AM PDT by djf
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To: kidd

Thanks. I appreciate the info.


149 posted on 04/09/2008 9:08:45 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (McCain is rock solid on SCOTUS judicial appointments. He voted for Ginsberg, Kennedy and Souter.)
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To: rednesss

PWR’s are a solid technology. We used to have a saying, BTW, “it may be screwed up it’s GE, but you can be sure if it’s Westinghouse”


150 posted on 04/09/2008 2:55:59 PM PDT by brivette
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To: brivette

Whether it be GE’s ABWR/ESBWR or Westinghouse’s AP1000, the sad thing is that the first of these are being built in a foreign country. The AP1000 will see first life in China, and I believe the ABWR is in Japan. We need to build 200 new reactors, or more. And we should immediately begin reprocessing the current inventory of spent fuel rods. There is no reason that we should bury perfectly good U-235 and Pu-239 inside Yucca Mountain.


151 posted on 04/09/2008 3:23:35 PM PDT by rednesss (Fred Thompson - 2008)
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To: AGreatPer
Small mouth Bass are sooo much fun to catch. I found that the frog colored Jitterbug worked very, very well in New England, Lake Champlain to be exact. The one with a white belly, olive drab back with black spots on top. Used yellow Shysters off the rocks after the bass stopped feeding. We cleaned house. Those were the days. Sigh!
152 posted on 04/09/2008 4:58:43 PM PDT by Nuc1 (NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
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To: sam_paine
Sharing technology?

Yes Toshiba shared it with our enemies. So now we have a choice BWR or PWR from Japan. Our companies and individuals have a responsibility to safeguard technology that is could be helpful to those that would destroy us. Implying that only the federal government is responsible is a rationalization that allows one to dodge accountability for their actions.

153 posted on 04/09/2008 5:05:46 PM PDT by Nuc1 (NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
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To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.
Hope this industry comes back. It is truly magnificent technology. I hope you made out OK.
154 posted on 04/09/2008 5:13:45 PM PDT by Nuc1 (NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
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To: rednesss
Chevy vs. Ford.

Well yaa!

155 posted on 04/09/2008 5:16:08 PM PDT by Nuc1 (NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
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To: DoughtyOne
It is interesting, I also thought there was much progress in the pebble bed design. About 18 months the company I work for pulled out of the project. No real info why. As far I know we will be acquiring a BWR of some type when we purchase our next nuke plant. South Texas Project plans on constructing two ABWRs in the near future. I have seen nothing about the pebble bed design for some time. And know of no one with plans to build even an experimental unit. Not that I know too much about anything.
156 posted on 04/09/2008 5:29:39 PM PDT by Nuc1 (NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
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To: Sub-Driver

Here is an excellent article on Nuclear Power:

http://www.hillsdale.edu/news/imprimis/archive/issue.asp?year=2008&month=02


157 posted on 04/09/2008 5:35:37 PM PDT by A. Patriot (CZ 52's ROCK)
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To: Nuc1

Thanks for the comments Nuc1. I do appreciate your insight on it.


158 posted on 04/09/2008 7:00:01 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (McCain is rock solid on SCOTUS judicial appointments. He voted for Ginsberg, Kennedy and Souter.)
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To: kidd
Thus, I beleive that your problem with the nuclear rennaissance, because it is starting with Westinghouse, because Westinghouse is an autonomous unit of Toshiba, because Toshiba sold a sensitive capability long before it bought Westinghouse, is unfounded.

I've got absolutely no problem with any 'nuclear renaissance' (real or imaginary ;>). That is completely irrelevant to the fact that, in my opinion, Toshiba sucks. In fact, I think Toshiba sucks big time...

159 posted on 04/10/2008 2:26:33 PM PDT by Who is John Galt? ( "He therefore who may resist, must be allowed to strike." - John Locke, 1690)
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