Comments on: New Nuclear? http://dc.metblogs.com/2007/07/31/new-nuclear/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:33:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ian http://dc.metblogs.com/2007/07/31/new-nuclear/comment-page-1/#comment-10449 Ian Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:01:25 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2007/07/31/new-nuclear/#comment-10449 The Nukes that Constellation run are the cheapest source of power. It costs a lot less to run a nuke compared to a fossil plant. They want them to running all the time if possible and they count the minutes that it is off line for maintenance since that is profit they are not making on the open market. So if they build more in theory you should get cheaper electricity, but Constellation sells the power on the open market to utilities like BGE. So BGE ends up paying the going rate rather than what it cost to make the electricity. The Nukes that Constellation run are the cheapest source of power. It costs a lot less to run a nuke compared to a fossil plant. They want them to running all the time if possible and they count the minutes that it is off line for maintenance since that is profit they are not making on the open market.

So if they build more in theory you should get cheaper electricity, but Constellation sells the power on the open market to utilities like BGE. So BGE ends up paying the going rate rather than what it cost to make the electricity.

]]> By: James Aach http://dc.metblogs.com/2007/07/31/new-nuclear/comment-page-1/#comment-10448 James Aach Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:48:13 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2007/07/31/new-nuclear/#comment-10448 I think the phrase "kinda freaked out" sums things up. Politicians, pundits and "experts" say some zany things about energy in general and nuclear in particular. I would know - I've worked in the US nuclear industry over twenty years. To help with the discussion, I've written a thriller novel looking at nuclear power - its people, its politics, its technology, and its good points and bad points (plenty of both). "Rad Decision" is free online at <a href="http://RadDecision.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://RadDecision.blogspot.com</a> - and readers seem to like it judging from their comments on the homepage. It's also available in paperback at online retailers, and has been endorsed by Stewart Brand, founder of The Whole Earth Catalog, internet pioneer, and noted futurist. I think the phrase “kinda freaked out” sums things up. Politicians, pundits and “experts” say some zany things about energy in general and nuclear in particular. I would know – I’ve worked in the US nuclear industry over twenty years. To help with the discussion, I’ve written a thriller novel looking at nuclear power – its people, its politics, its technology, and its good points and bad points (plenty of both). “Rad Decision” is free online at http://RadDecision.blogspot.com – and readers seem to like it judging from their comments on the homepage. It’s also available in paperback at online retailers, and has been endorsed by Stewart Brand, founder of The Whole Earth Catalog, internet pioneer, and noted futurist.

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