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To: jmc1969
This plant should be mothballed, IMO, and replaced with a next-generation nuclear reactor built by the French.

All of our nuclear power plants are obsolete and insufficient to meet today's energy demands.

4 posted on 11/02/2006 7:24:36 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
replaced with a next-generation nuclear reactor built by the French.

Why French reactors. US companies have been building modern reactors in foreign countries for years.

The reactors currently in operation in this country have increased output every year for the last ten years.

Considering that fact and that no new base load units have been built in the US for twenty years, I believe shutting down any of the current plants prior to the end of their useful life would be foolish.

11 posted on 11/02/2006 7:33:09 PM PST by Pontiac (All are worthy of freedom, none are incapable.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Actually, Westinghouse (now owned by Mitsubishi) builds a pretty nice reactor...buy Pennsylvania (by way of Japan) first!!!!!


16 posted on 11/02/2006 7:45:29 PM PST by PennsylvaniaMom (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you...)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Um... TMI has been a plant best described as a world class performer for over 20 years now. Safe and very reliable.

TMI is on a 2 year refueling cycle, which means it shuts down for about five weeks every other year for refueling and maintenance. It has been so reliable that it has not been shutdown for even an instant in any non refueling calander year for over a decade. Few, if any, plants in the world can match that operational performance. No French unit even comes close.


19 posted on 11/02/2006 8:05:56 PM PST by brutuss
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