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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
Coal and wind power here.
By comparison texas generates more than enough wind power to power the entire state of New Mexico.
From the article:
"There are 99 reactors at 63 nuclear electric plants in the U.S. They have generated 20 percent of the nation’s electricity this year."
Seems like we should look into this one a little more.
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Your quote missed the most interesting thing about this whole article, on the next line:
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Five new nuclear plants are under construction following decades of pause after the initial push in the 1970s and 1980s driven by the first oil shock.
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This is a big deal. We haven't built new plants in decades.
Also related:
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-co...015/15-067.pdf
Watts Bar #2 was mostly built in the 80's but not approved to produce and has been in stasis ever since. It was just approved to start producing and is the first new nuke plant in 19 years to be allowed to begin producing power.
I think we need to be moving towards Thorium plants, but adding a few "normal" nuclear plants is a good thing in my book.