Senator Feinstein deserves better staff support. Crystal River concrete NOT...
Apparently, someone on Senator Feinstein’s staff believes that the concrete delamination (cracking) issue at Crystal River was an age-related issue. With that incorrect knowledge of the situation,...
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Real people are harmed when other people decide to close nuclear plants
Activists rally outside the Statehouse following a vote by the Vermont Senate to retire the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant in 2012. Since the plant’s closing, energy derived from natural gas has...
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Are Diablo Canyon Employees Being Sold Down The River?
Copyright 2005 Jim Zimmerlin. All rights reserved Recently, the below email to Diablo Canyon workers landed in my in-box. Aside: I subscribe to a lot of different mailing lists. End Aside. It’s from...
View ArticleDiablo Canyon workers and supporters rallying for action
Kristin Zaitz and Heather Matteson, the founders of Mothers for Nuclear, sent the following message to their colleagues and other people that have signed up for their mailing list because they are...
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Exelon’s Chris Crane blames lawmakers for his plant closure announcements
A few minutes ago, Exelon employees received an email from Chris Crane, the company CEO, announcing the company’s decision to permanently close three nuclear reactors that each produce 7-8 billion...
View ArticleAddressing Economic Challenges Facing Nuclear Power Plants
Reprinted with permission. Original published on Forbes.com on May 20, 2016. On Thursday, May 19, the Department of (DOE) hosted a four-hour, invitation-only summit in a meeting room in the Senate...
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Why might PG&E decide to destroy Diablo Canyon when it’s almost paid off?
Diablo Canyon circa 2007 BY: William Rodgers “Why would PG&E decide to destroy Diablo Canyon during its (I would think) period of highest ROI?” Because they can “earn” a higher ROI by switching to...
View ArticleAtomic Show #254 – Don’t let a crisis go to waste
Rachel Pritzker and Ben Heard, two skilled communicators that have recognized the immense gift to humanity represented by the tightly packed power inside uranium and thorium nuclei, joined me in a...
View ArticleHow Can We Halt The Reverse Great Bandwagon In Nuclear?
A couple of weeks ago, Exelon announced that it was going to begin taking action to close the Clinton and Quad Cities nuclear power stations. According to the company, those stations have lost a...
View ArticleCGNP objections to PG&E, NRDC, FOE and A4NR plan for Diablo Canyon
CGNP’S Summary Objections to PG&E’s Plan to Close DCPP in 2025 1. PG&E’s current plan to replace DCPP’s annual power production is to expand the four following approaches to maintain its...
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PG&E Agreed To Kill Diablo Canyon In Self-Protecting Deal
Copyright 2005 Jim Zimmerlin. All rights reserved The first indication I had of the agreement to destroy Diablo Canyon in the prime of its life came from a press release issued by the Natural...
View ArticleShowing up and speaking up for Diablo Canyon and nuclear energy in California
The California State Lands Commission meeting on June 28, 2016 included a number of articulate, knowledgable, rational and emotional talks by people who took time to attend the meeting and to deliver...
View ArticleCalifornia Renewables Mandates And “Non-bypassable Charges” Make Diablo...
By Rod Adams and Andrea Jennetta Diablo Canyon has joined the growing list of U.S. reactors to be prematurely shutdown as Pacific Gas & Electric announced a closure plan negotiated with a...
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Fighting climate change with best available tools
Today, the New York State Department of Public Service (NYSDPS) will consider a motion to establish a large-scale renewable program and a clean energy standard that will result in a price floor for...
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Another nuclear plant will close for good on Monday
FT Calhoun Station. 1:05 PM local October 24, 2016 Final shutdown complete The Ft. Calhoun Station (FCS) is scheduled to shut down for good on Monday, October 24. The number of operating nuclear power...
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Another U.S. Nuclear Plant [Might Have Been] Killed By Competition
Just after sunrise on Oct 22, 2016. Neither solar nor wind would be producing any power. FCS cranking out 380 MWe without smokestacks. Less than a week after the newest U.S. nuclear reactor entered...
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One step to save nukes – stop their immediate destruction
Kewaunee Nuclear plants that are economically uncompetitive under current market conditions should be retained for future operations, not immediately destroyed. Some might wonder at my wording. They...
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Palisades Nuclear Plant Will Continue Operating Through 2022; Neighbors Ecstatic
Palisades Nuclear Power Plant at night Workers, school system administrators, neighbors, local businessmen and elected officials screamed and danced with excitement when Entergy announced that it...
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Digging into NextEra’s decision to close Duane Arnold Energy Center
Duane Arnold as pictured in 2008 license renewal application On Friday, July 27, NextEra Energy Resources issued a press release titled NextEra Energy Resources and Alliant Energy agree to shorten the...
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Nucleating our carbon-managed future
If you’ve studied chemistry, you’ll know that the nucleation point describes the start of a change in physical state, such as from a solid to a liquid, or liquid to gas. Water starting to crystallize...
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