Posted on 04/06/2023 12:07:10 AM PDT by CFW
Not that I am aware of
I don’t believe B&W have made reactors since the early 80’s
Curious.
How many new reactors would be needed, using the latest best technology, to replace all coal fired electric plants AND provide for increased manufacturing capacity when we bring manufacturing back to our country? 100? 150? 200?
Oh, and we start USING yucca mtn spent waste depository as intended or start reprocessing it through new breeder reactors, into weapons grade for bombs or more fuel.
Replacing coal fired plants would be foolish.
Coal fired plants can be used for load following (changing power output for changing grid loading).
Replacing aging Nuk Plants and adding plants for increased load on the grid is what we need.
There are about 100 operational Nuk plants today.
most of them are 40 years old. That is their design bases life.
Most them are applying for 20 year life extensions or already have them.
So, just to maintain the status quo I would say we need another 100 Nuk plants.
Fusion requires tritium.
Tritium is made in fission reactors.
Thank you.
I like the idea.
Keep everything we have that is functionable and add 100 new nuclear plants plus sufficient breeder reactors plants to reprocess spent fuel for all. Harden the grid against EMP.
Add natural gas and htdro for more redundancy and back up.
Just a thought
In the 1950s, 60s and 70s we had GE, Westinghouse, Babcock and Wilcox and Combustion Engineering all making Nuclear Reactor vessels. Plus a couple other concerns working on getting their designs approved.
A lot of them will expire in 2040. And it will be time to build new reactors. But the political will won't be there.
I think reality is starting to leak in to the minds of Leftist politicians.
Gavin Newsom recently had to change his mind about nuclear power in California.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/01/california-last-nuclear-power-plant-keep-open
The thing that really bothers me most about the state of Nuclear Power in this country is that the people that really knew about nuclear power are dead, retired or about to retire.
Their wisdom and experience is being lost because so little construction has occurred in the last 30 years.
Cummins Natural Gas Powered Microgrid Generators
https://www.cummins.com/generators/microgrids
Which is why Vogtle was so important. So new engineers got their feet wet at Vogtle. The capability is there if we want to Jumpstart our nuclear renaissance.
Great idea for bringing power to remote locations or areas hit by natural disaster.
You can get essential services up and running before power lines are restored.
Agreed
But Vogtle is a PWR that leaves the BWR’s behind.
Some people have worked on the GE plants built overseas but even those people are few and getting old.
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