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First New Nuclear Reactor In a Decade On Track

Posted by kdawson on from the give-me-the-warm-power-of-the-sun dept.

dusty writes "Plans to bring online the first new US nuclear plant since 1995 are on track, on time, and on budget according to the Tennessee Valley Authority. TVA had one major accident with a coal ash spill of late, and one minor one. The agency has plans and workers in place to have Unit 2 at Watts Bar, near Knoxville, online by 2012. Currently over 1,800 workers are doing construction at the plant. Watts Bar #1 is the only new nuclear reactor added to the grid in the last 25 years. From the article: 'TVA estimates the Watts Bar Unit 2 reactor every year will avoid the emission of about 60 million metric tons of greenhouse emissions linked with global warming. ... TVA began construction of Watts Bar in 1973, but work was suspended in 1988 when TVA's growth in power sales declined. After mothballing the unit for 19 years, TVA's board decided in 2007 to finish the reactor because it is projected to provide cheaper, no carbon-emitting power compared with the existing coal plants or purchased power it may help replace.'"

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  1. Re:Just Takes One by brkello · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I guess nobody in power to stop these things never takes into account that one nuclear accident could render a majority of the US inhabitable.

    I know! Particularly in all these states infected with Republicans. Clear those areas out with a nuclear explosion and then good, decent folks could move in there. (I'm kidding of course, I am not a liberal version of Glenn Beck, I don't want anyone to die)

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  2. Linux is an OS for homos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Only men who stick their dicks into the asses of other men use Linux

    1. Re:Linux is an OS for homos by Ex-MislTech · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Well if you went to a website with Apache on Linux then you must be gay.

      LOL

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  3. Re:Finally by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    89 PW spread over a huge surface area you fucking idiot. or were you planning to build a dyson sphere ?

  4. No shit, Sherlock by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Of course I'm gay. Me and my boyfriend only run Linux on our computers. We jack eack other off while playing tux racer