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Various news outlets report that Unit 2 of the Watts Bar nuclear power plant, owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), has begun operation. The reactor is rated at 1.15 GW and cost $4.7 billion ($4.09 per watt). Ground was broken on the project in 1973; construction work was suspended from 1985 to 2007.
Watts Bar Unit 1, which began operation in 1996, is one of three plants which manufacture tritium under contract to the U.S. government for use in hydrogen bombs.
Around the United States, 99 other commercial nuclear reactors are in operation and four others are under construction:
[...] Scana Corp./SCE&G's V.C. Summer Units 2 and 3 in South Carolina and Southern Co.'s Vogtle Units 3 and 4 in Georgia.
In related news, the TVA is taking bids for its unfinished Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station in fabulous Hollywood, Alabama. It has received a bid of $38 million.
coverage:
- VOA News (U.S. government source)
- Fresno Bee
- Chattanooga Times Free Press
- Knoxville News Sentinel
- Bloomberg BNA
- The Hill
- Power Magazine
previously:
US Regulators Issue First Nuclear Plant Operating License Since 1996
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Wednesday October 26 2016, @07:55PM
I think that what you think groupthink is, is not what groupthink actually is, even though you keep using that word.
(Score: 2) by mtrycz on Friday October 28 2016, @07:55AM
Oh hey, this thread is still alive :)
What I actually wanted to imply was that my perception is that Soylent's median opinion on nuclear, is that "it's good and necessary: the benefits outweigh".
(But maybe it's the groupthink on the green site, and not actually Soylent, which being more popular has more shills among sincere supporters?
Anyway, I thought that your post was controversial and against the popular opinion here, and was dubious about upvoting it, that's all.
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