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	StrategyTalk.org :: View topic - In Support of The Nuclear Power 2010 Initiative
		The COL process is a “one-step” licensing process by which nuclear plant public health and safety concerns are resolved prior to commencement of construction, and NRC approves and issues a license to build and operate a new nuclear power plant.
		The technology focus of the Nuclear Power 2010 program is on Generation III+ advanced light water reactor designs which offer advancements in safety and economics over the Generation III designs certified by NRC in the 1990’s.
		In the early 1980s, with the nuclear option off the table, the US Government with the support of environmental groups encouraged utilities to add additional generating capacity by building plants that were fueled by clean-burning natural gas, which was felt to be plentiful at the time.
	strategytalk.org /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=34520&... (2713 words)

	Relicensing: Retrofitting Nuclear Edsels
		Nuclear power plants were designed, constructed and licensed to operate for 40 years.
		The economics of deregulation and consolidation have resulted in staffing levels at nuclear generating stations being cut by an average of 25% over the last five years, e.g., Three Mile Island-1 and Peach Bottom 2 and 3.
		America's aging nuclear fleet continues to produce approximately 20-30 metric tons of toxic, high-level radioactive waste per year, per reactor.
	www.rense.com /general49/retrdd.htm (2713 words)

	The Development Group at Simon Fraser University
		Project Developer/Manager, Ukraine: Prepared, with Hydro Quebec, a project to rehabilitate power plants and control centre, as part of Canada’s contribution to World Bank assistance in support of retiring the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
		"The operation of nuclear networks and the development of atomic power in India," University of Oxford, UK, November 1998.
		A new project is about class, ethnicity and identity issues of indigenous peasants in Latin America and their relation to plant genetic resources and biodiversity.
	www.sfu.ca /devgroup (2713 words)

	Nuclear Energy in California
		California's existing nuclear power plants provide a significant amount of California's non-fossil fuel based energy and power but produce significant amounts of spent nuclear fuel.
		Operating nuclear power plants in California are Diablo Canyon, near San Luis Obispo, [pictured in a PG&E photo to the right] and San Onofre, about midway between Los Angeles and San Diego.
		The 913 MW Pressurized Water Reactor at the Rancho Seco Nuclear Power Plant, located about 25 miles south of Sacramento, is owned by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District in and was operation from April 1975 to June 7, 1989.
	www.energy.ca.gov /nuclear/california.html (1249 words)

	A Rebirth for German Nuclear Energy? Business Deutsche Welle 25.05.2005
		Germany's conservative Christian Social Union party defends nuclear energy in the face of high oil and coal prices and demands that the government abandon its plan to close all German nuclear power plants.
		Paris plans to start building the first of a new generation of nuclear plants in 2007.
		And that has convinced many in the energy sector that reports of nuclear power's demise may have been premature.
	www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,,1595105,00.html?maca=en-moreover-econ-eng-575-rdf (639 words)

	NEI - Critique of The China Syndrome
		The accident at Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant on March 28, 1979, only 12 days after the release of The China Syndrome, helped make the film a box-office smash and cemented the title as a new catch phrase in the lexicon of the anti-nuclear movement.
		McCracken singled out Hollywood's version of electricity economics as "the film's master misrepresentation." In the real world of the 1979 electricity marketplace, he correctly pointed out, "when a reactor is temporarily out of service, the principal cost to the utility is that of replacement power.
		The film's fictional disaster scenario: a nuclear plant accident creates a mass of molten reactor fuel so hot that it burns though a steel reactor vessel, through the plant's reinforced concrete foundation, into the Earth and exits the opposite side of the planet.
	www.nei.org /doc.asp?docid=565 (639 words)

	Japan's Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Japan's Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities
		As of January 2003, a total of 3, 360 spent fuel assemblies, containing approximately 779 tons produced by both BWR-type and PWR-type nuclear power plants, have been safely transported to the spent fuel receiving and storage facilities.
		This is equivalent to the capacity to reprocess the spent fuel from thirty 1,000-MW-class nuclear power plants.
		After conducting a series of studies, JNFL and the Japanese electric power companies concluded that it would be commercially feasible to conduct MOX fabrication business in terms of technology, safety measures, reliability and economics.
	www1.japannuclear.org /nuclearpower/fuelcycle/facilities.html (914 words)

	Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology
		To enable the deployment of new Generation III+ nuclear power plants in the United States in the relatively near-term, it is essential to demonstrate the untested Federal regulatory and licensing processes for the siting, construction, and operation of new nuclear plants.
		The nine power generation companies responding to the solicitation operate 67 of the 103 U.S. commercial nuclear power plants.
		Nuclear power plants generate 20 percent of the electricity produced in this country; however, all recent electric-generating capacity additions and projected future additions are primarily fueled by natural gas.
	www.ne.doe.gov /NucPwr2010/NucPwr2010.html (852 words)

	NESC0498: CONCEPT-5, Cost and Economics Analysis for Nuclear Fuel or Fossil Fuel Power Plant
		RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM - CONCEPT5 accepts power levels of 500 to 1500 MW(e) for nuclear plants and 300 to 1000 MW(e) for coal-fired plants, while CONCEPT3 accepts levels of 500 to 2000 MW(e).
		Cost models are provided in CONCEPT5, the fifth generation in the development of the CONCEPT package, for single-unit coal-fired plants, pressurized-water reactors, boiling- water reactors, liquid-metal-cooled reactors, and multi-unit coal- fired plants based on today's average or best operating experience.
		METHOD OF SOLUTION - CONCEPT is based on the premise that any central station power plant involves approximately the same major cost components regardless of location or date of initial operation.
	www.nea.fr /abs/html/nesc0498.html (717 words)

	NEW ON THE SEPP WEB
		However, with the long lead times for licensing and construction (5-6 years), it would seem unlikely for nuclear power plants to be in operation by 2009 to any significant extent.
		Under such conditions, nuclear power could be a very strong competitor based on economics.
		Recent events, particularly in California, have made it all too clear that the U.S. power generating system is short of the reserve capacity needed to prevent blackouts, and perhaps more importantly, to provide for stable electricity prices under free market conditions.
	www.sepp.org /NewSEPP/ElectricPowerCrisis.htm (717 words)

	Relicensing: Retrofitting Nuclear Edsels
		Nuclear power plants were designed, constructed and licensed to operate for 40 years.
		The economics of deregulation and consolidation have resulted in staffing levels at nuclear generating stations being cut by an average of 25% over the last five years, e.g., Three Mile Island-1 and Peach Bottom 2 and 3.
		Shoreham, operated for two full-power days, or.000136986% of its estimated operating life, and closed before it could begin commercial operation.
	www.rense.com /general49/retrdd.htm (717 words)

	Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations
		REACTORS, BOILING/operator training for power, use of simulator for;REACTORS, POWER/operators for, methods and costs of training;REACTOR SIMULATORS/malfunction mockups using boiling water, description of programmed;REACTORS, POWER/operator training for boiling water, use of simulator for;REACTORS, WATER-COOLED/operator training for power, use of simulator for;NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS/operators for, methods and costs of training
		N38870 --Commercial Power Reactors--Operation & Economics; BOILING;COST;ECONOMICS;FAILURES;MOCKUP;OPERATION;PERSONNEL;POWER PLANTS;REACTORS;TRAINING;WATER COOLANT
		Power Conf., 30: 336-46(1969).; From 30th Annual American Power Conference, Chicago, Ill. See CONF-680418.
	www.osti.gov /energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=4799852 (130 words)

	Nuclear energy can't solve global warming / Other remedies 7 times more beneficial
		As Amory Lovins, the soft energy guru who directs the Rocky Mountain Institute, a Colorado think tank that advises corporations and governments on energy use, points out, "Nowhere (in the world) do market-driven utilities buy, or private investors finance, new nuclear plants." Only large government intervention keeps the nuclear option alive.
		Nuclear power thus addresses only a small fraction of the global warming problem, and has no effect whatsoever on two of the largest sources of carbon emissions: driving vehicles and heating buildings.
		Mainstream environmentalists do argue that energy efficiency, solar, wind and other renewable fuels are better weapons against global warming than nuclear is. But they will fare better if they go a step further and point out that embracing nuclear is not just unnecessary but a step backward.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/07/ING95E1VQ71.DTL (1615 words)

	Troubled Times: Nuclear Plants
		Economics Minister Werner Mueller, who was formerly a senior executive in the nuclear industry, has come up with a plan to limit the operating life of nuclear plants to 35 years.
		Nuclear power generates about one third of the country's electricity.
		Trittin, one of three Greens in the cabinet, is in charge of the shutdown and he wants a speedy end to nuclear power.
	www.zetatalk.com /theword/tworx071.htm (217 words)

	Nuclear Power Conflict Highlights
		In Japan, where nuclear power supplies 27 percent of the country's electricity, new nuclear plants are being deployed at the fastest rate in the world.
		New England Journal of Public Policy; "The (Mal)practice of Nuclear Power Economics," Charles Komanoff, 1985
		In Sweden, where nuclear power supplies 42 percent of the country's electricity, voters passed a referendum to close all of the country's nuclear plants.
	www.nuclearpowerprocon.org /pop/conflicts.htm (217 words)

	Hydroelectric Power Generation, Osa Water Works, Costa Rica
		Finally, local hydroelectric power generation reduces societal electrical demands, however slightly, thereby reducing, however infinitesimally, our dependence upon nuclear power plants and coal- and oil-burning power plants, all of which are at the forefront of global environmental concerns.
		The economics of hydroelectric power generation are favored by the very low maintenance and operations requirements of such systems.
		Large-scale hydroelectric power generation facilities have, since the early part of the twentieth century, been technology staples of industrialized society, providing power grids across all the continents with the energy to move industry and provide centers of population with domestic and commercial electricity.
	www.osawaterworks.com /hydroelectric.htm (217 words)

	National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
		The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) urges that priority attention be given to the long-established, but slow moving plan to safely dispose of spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear power plants that continues to accumulate at 72 sites in 34 States that were never designed for indefinite long-term storage.....more
		The President of NARUC, the Honorable Marilyn Showalter of Washington State, sent a letter to FCC Chair Michael Powell nominating the Honorable Paul Afonso of Massachusetts, the Honorable Larry Landis of Indiana, and the Honorable Connie Hughes of New Jersey to the Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services.....more
		Commissioner Connie O. Hughes (NJBPU), Chair of the NARUC Ad Hoc Committee on Critical Infrastructure, is pleased to present to public utility regulators, policymakers, utility industry leaders, and consumers, a landmark series of technical briefs on a complex set of issues pertaining to our nation's critical utility infrastructures.....more
	www.naruc.org (514 words)

	The True Cost Of Nuclear Power
		Nuclear power is tied up in what economists call "externalities" and "external costs and benefits." Externalities are when "some people bear costs that they are not paid or compensated for, these costs are said to be external costs," says Dr. Roger A. McCain, Professor of Economics at Drexel University.
		Advocates of nuclear power believe that there are adequate scientific solutions to these problems, but they are not putting up the capital for the nuclear plants.
		The Shoreham Nuclear Generating Station in New York was finished in 1988 at a cost of $7 billion.
	www.mecgrassroots.org /NEWSL/ISS38/38.07CostNuclear.html (514 words)

	Relicensing: Retrofitting Nuclear Edsels
		Nuclear power plants were designed, constructed and licensed to operate for 40 years.
		The economics of deregulation and consolidation have resulted in staffing levels at nuclear generating stations being cut by an average of 25% over the last five years, e.g., Three Mile Island-1 and Peach Bottom 2 and 3.
		Dozens of plants have been forced into early retirement due to accidents, mechanical problems and technical flaws; including, Dresden-1, Fermi-1, Fort Saint Vrain, Indian Point-1, San Onfore-1, Three Mile Island-2, and Trojan.
	www.rense.com /general49/retrdd.htm (514 words)

	UCB Inertial Fusion Energy Tutorial
		For fusion power plants, the easiest fusion reaction to generate is that of
		By radically reducing the inventory of radioactive material that could be released by accident or careless waste disposal, fusion power addresses the primary concerns for nuclear energy sources, while retaining the most important environmental benefit--the extremely sparing use of natural resources.
		The chapter "The Economics of IFE" discusses the economic characteristics of inertial fusion energy development that make IFE an attractive candidate for research and development investment, particularly when the scientific feasibility of ignition is demonstrated experimentally at the National Ignition Facility.
	www.nuc.berkeley.edu /thyd/icf/IFE.html (3235 words)

	Relicensing: Retrofitting Nuclear Edsels
		Nuclear power plants were designed, constructed and licensed to operate for 40 years.
		The economics of deregulation and consolidation have resulted in staffing levels at nuclear generating stations being cut by an average of 25% over the last five years, e.g., Three Mile Island-1 and Peach Bottom 2 and 3.
		The industry's lobbying arm, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), is intimately involved in all aspects of the relicensing process.
	www.rense.com /general49/retrdd.htm (3235 words)

	The Economics of Nuclear Power
		A detailed study of energy economics in Finland published in mid 2000 shows that nuclear energy would be the least-cost option for new generating capacity.
		Nuclear power is cost competitive with other forms of electricity generation, except where there is direct access to low-cost fossil fuels.
		With nuclear energy the risk of accidents is factored in along with high estimates of radiological impacts from mine tailings (waste management and decommissioning being already within the cost to the consumer).
	www.uic.com.au /nip08.htm (3077 words)

	df121802.doc
		Base load is perhaps a poor choice of terms — the term refers to units that operate frequently because of their location and the economics of their operations.
		Andrew's opinion is that we need a new base load unit within the ten year planning period. He is unsure of what year it will be build but assured the group that it will be prior to the end of the ten year period. Mr.
		Nuclear power was not seen as a viable alternative for Delaware.
	www.state.de.us /planning/livedel/etfminutes/df121802.doc (1292 words)

	The Economics of Nuclear Power
		The Economics of Nuclear Power, states that “If the social, health and environmental costs of fossil fuels are also taken into account, nuclear is outstanding”.
		What follows is a discussion of how the nuclear power industry has exploited government assistance in a way that has freed it from the free market economy.
		Fiscal Fission: The Economic Failure of Nuclear Power which estimated that commercial atomic power from 1950 to 1990 has cost ratepayer and taxpayers $492 billion, of which $97 billion was in the form of federal subsidies(in 1990 dollars).
	www.sustainearth.org /economics (1292 words)

	Relicensing: Retrofitting Nuclear Edsels
		Nuclear power plants were designed, constructed and licensed to operate for 40 years.
		The economics of deregulation and consolidation have resulted in staffing levels at nuclear generating stations being cut by an average of 25% over the last five years, e.g., Three Mile Island-1 and Peach Bottom 2 and 3.
		Plant Applications for License Renewal is a cursory and perfunctory process involving the Company, the NRC and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI).
	www.rense.com /general49/retrdd.htm (865 words)

	Relicensing: Retrofitting Nuclear Edsels
		The economics of deregulation and consolidation have resulted in staffing levels at nuclear generating stations being cut by an average of 25% over the last five years, e.g., Three Mile Island-1 and Peach Bottom 2 and 3.
		Nuclear power plants were designed, constructed and licensed to operate for 40 years.
		The industry's lobbying arm, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), is intimately involved in all aspects of the relicensing process.
	www.rense.com /general49/retrdd.htm (865 words)

	Relicensing: Retrofitting Nuclear Edsels
		Nuclear power plants were designed, constructed and licensed to operate for 40 years.
		The economics of deregulation and consolidation have resulted in staffing levels at nuclear generating stations being cut by an average of 25% over the last five years, e.g., Three Mile Island-1 and Peach Bottom 2 and 3.
		Plant Applications for License Renewal is a cursory and perfunctory process involving the Company, the NRC and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI).
	www.rense.com /general49/retrdd.htm (865 words)

	Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations
		STEAM POWER PLANTS/operation in Pilbara region of Australia, economics for;AUSTRALIA/power plants in Pilbara region of, economics for operation of nuclear and steam;NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS/operation in Pilbara region of Australia, economics for
		Energy Citations Database (ECD) Document #4183319 - A CONSIDERATION OF POWER SUPPLIES FOR THE PILBARA REGION, WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
		Availability information may be found in the Availability, Publisher, Research Organization, Resource Relation and/or Author (affiliation information) fields and/or via the "Full-text Availability" link.
	www.osti.gov /energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=4183319 (865 words)

	Chechen War Veteran to Build a Nuke Plant
		Possible building of a nuclear plant in Ulyanovsk County was stipulated in the federal program for Energy Efficient Economics for the Years 2002 to 2005 and till 2010 in the long-term planning part.
		Energy-generating plants of the region, including heat power plants in Ulyanovsk, are not being used to their full capacity.
		According to this document, installed nuclear capacity of the Ulyanovsk plant operating on four power units, will be 4GW.
	www.bellona.no /en/international/russia/npps/25446.html (984 words)

	Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations
		NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS/operation in New England Power Exchange system
		N38870 --Commercial Power Reactors--Operation & Economics; ECONOMICS;NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;OPERATION;USA
		Availability information may be found in the Availability, Publisher, Research Organization, Resource Relation and/or Author (affiliation information) fields and/or via the "Full-text Availability" link.
	www.osti.gov /energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=4022300 (88 words)

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