Category Archives: Expansion

Another misleading headline: ‘Revised schedule’ instead of ‘delay’ for South Carolina nuke

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Robert Singleton

Today, the Nuclear Energy Institute posted a link to a Platts news service story on its NEI SmartBrief page. But, rather than using the Platts headline: Builders’ schedule could delay completion of South Carolina nukes NEI used a less-specific headline: … Continue reading →

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Update: Comanche Peak expansion suspended

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Robert Singleton

I wrote on Monday that the attempt to expand Texas’ Comanche Peak nuclear power plant was in trouble due to an unexpected shutdown of Unit 2 during testing, a negative safety report from the Government Accountability Office and a looming bankruptcy deadline. … Continue reading →

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And another victory: Duke suspends plans for two new reactors at South Carolina plant

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Robert Singleton

Reuters reported May 2: Duke Energy, the largest U.S. electric utility, said it notified regulators on Thursday that it will drop plans to build two new nuclear reactors in North Carolina due to slow growth in power demand. This announcement … Continue reading →

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NRC blocks expansion of Texas nuke over ownership issue

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Robert Singleton

The Dallas Morning News reported last Thursday: Plans to build two new reactors at the South Texas Project nuclear facility outside Bay City hit a road block Tuesday. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ruled that a partnership between NRG and … Continue reading →

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NRC grants approval for two new reactors at South Carolina plant‏

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Robert Singleton

On a 4-1 vote, with Chairman Gregory Jaczko dissenting, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the combined operating licenses for two new nuclear reactors to be built at the V. C. Summer nuclear power plant in South Carolina. The approval was not … Continue reading →

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NRC to vote this afternoon on license for two new reactors for South Carolina nuke

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Robert Singleton

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is meeting this afternoon in Maryland and is expected to vote on licensing for two new reactors at the V. C. Summer nuclear power plant in South Carolina. The meeting begins at 1:25 Eastern Time. In … Continue reading →

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And the winner of the No Duh Award: TEPCO scraps plans for new reactors at Fukushima

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Robert Singleton

Reuters just reported this acknowledgement of the blindingly obvious: Tokyo Electric Power Co, or Tepco, said on Friday it had notified Japan’s trade ministry it was dropping plans for two more nuclear reactors at its Fukushima Daiichi plant, paralyzed last year … Continue reading →

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Former Exelon CEO says new nukes don’t make economic sense

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Robert Singleton

Jeff McMahon just blogged this on Forbes: Nuclear power is no longer an economically viable source of new energy in the United States, the freshly-retired CEO of Exelon, America’s largest producer of nuclear power, said in Chicago Thursday. And it … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: A reactor trip in New Jersey, bad welds and an earthquake in Virginia and continued Fitness for Duty problem at nuke construction site in Georgia

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Robert Singleton

Four items from today’s NRC Event Reports: 1. On Friday afternoon, the Unit 2 reactor at the Salem nuclear power plant in New Jersey experienced an automatic reactor trip. During the incident, two reactor coolant pumps were unavailable, due to a pair … Continue reading →

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“We can’t make the numbers work,” says chief nuclear officer for Exelon; Will rising construction costs and cheaper alternatives doom the Nuclear Renaissance?

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Robert Singleton

An in-depth article in this morning’s Tampa Bay Times lays out the case against building new nuclear power plants: Building a nuclear plant is not the cheapest way to keep the lights on. Not with such low natural gas prices. Not … Continue reading →

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