OR you could go to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's website (www.nrc.gov) and get the street address of every the nuclear power plants in the US, then look at them on Google Earth. If that doesn't do it, go to nukeworker.com and get driving directions from the nearest airport and the recommended hotels.
Nuclear power plants are BIG. We don't rely on anonymity. We rely on walls, fences, and a LOT of people with guns.
I've worked for electric utilities for 30 years. Utilities don't care if they get electricity from nuclear, solar, coal, water, or little elves as long as it's cheap. They are not in the nuclear business, they are in the cheap electricity business.
If solar power was more economical, utilities would shutdown the nukes and coal plants in a heartbeat. But they are not. They are building more nukes. Why? ONLY because it's cheaper than other available alternatives.
The article is rubbish. That's all there is to say about that.
Facts?
It would be a surprise to the 67 utilities operating 103 nuclear reactors in the US that nuclear energy isn't economical.
Spent nuclear fuel decays. Coal ash is forever.
The Price Anderson coverage kicks in after the utilities insurance pool of several hundred million dollars. It's never been used, even after Three Mile Island.
Fuel dependency? The US is the Middle East of uranium! We buy it from other countries because it's been cheaper, but it's all over the mid-West and even Virginia.
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OR you could go to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's website (www.nrc.gov) and get the street address of every the nuclear power plants in the US, then look at them on Google Earth. If that doesn't do it, go to nukeworker.com and get driving directions from the nearest airport and the recommended hotels. Nuclear power plants are BIG. We don't rely on anonymity. We rely on walls, fences, and a LOT of people with guns.
I've worked for electric utilities for 30 years. Utilities don't care if they get electricity from nuclear, solar, coal, water, or little elves as long as it's cheap. They are not in the nuclear business, they are in the cheap electricity business. If solar power was more economical, utilities would shutdown the nukes and coal plants in a heartbeat. But they are not. They are building more nukes. Why? ONLY because it's cheaper than other available alternatives. The article is rubbish. That's all there is to say about that.
Facts? It would be a surprise to the 67 utilities operating 103 nuclear reactors in the US that nuclear energy isn't economical. Spent nuclear fuel decays. Coal ash is forever. The Price Anderson coverage kicks in after the utilities insurance pool of several hundred million dollars. It's never been used, even after Three Mile Island. Fuel dependency? The US is the Middle East of uranium! We buy it from other countries because it's been cheaper, but it's all over the mid-West and even Virginia.