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From: AZ Nomad on 14 Apr 2010 11:58 On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:10:42 -0500, jim <"sjedgingN0Sp"@m> wrote: >"E. Meyer" wrote: >> >> On 4/13/10 12:01 PM, in article Xns9D59768856331chuck(a)127.0.0.1, "chuckcar" >> <chuck(a)nil.car> wrote: >> >> > AZ Nomad <aznomad.3(a)PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote in >> > news:slrnhs2db9.97g.aznomad.3(a)ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.cox.net: >> > >> >> On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:00:20 -0500, hls <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote: >> > >> >> Probably because nobody wants a power plant that is ten thousand >> >> times more expensive per watt to operate than a standard atomic power >> >> plant and can only supply enough power to a town of 100,000. >> >> >> > No that's why the US doesn't *have* nuclear power now. No one wanted to >> > pay for proper maintenance for even the cheapest reactors. >> > >> >> The reason the US doesn't have nuclear power now is Three Mile Island. >There is no "reason the US doesn't have nuclear power". The US has >nuclear power - more than any other country. France has more per capita.
From: cuhulin on 14 Apr 2010 13:15 On the web, How many nuclear power plants are there in America? More than a few, something like 103 of them are in America. cuhulin
From: chuckcar on 14 Apr 2010 14:07 jim <"sjedgingN0Sp"@m(a)mwt.net> wrote in news:iZudncdR6rQbc1jWnZ2dnUVZ_jidnZ2d(a)bright.net: > > > "E. Meyer" wrote: > >> >> > >> > There is no "reason the US doesn't have nuclear power". The US has >> > nuclear power - more than any other country. >> > >> > >> >> OK. When was the last new nuclear power plant opened? Part two: >> Relative to the date of the Three mile island mess, when was >> construction on that last plant started? >> >> There were some plants in the works at the time of Three Mile Island >> and some of them went on to completion, but there has been little to >> no new activity since then. > > Three mile island had an effect, but not what you claimed and your > statement > that the US has no nuclear power is pretty far from reality. The US is > generating more electricity from nuclear reactors than any other > country. > Not per capita. Not even close. Any other measure of it is pointless and nothing more than misleading. -- (setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) )
From: AZ Nomad on 14 Apr 2010 14:09 On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:34:08 -0500, jim <"sjedgingN0Sp"@m> wrote: >"E. Meyer" wrote: >> >> > >> > There is no "reason the US doesn't have nuclear power". The US has >> > nuclear power - more than any other country. >> > >> > >> >> OK. When was the last new nuclear power plant opened? Part two: Relative >> to the date of the Three mile island mess, when was construction on that >> last plant started? >> >> There were some plants in the works at the time of Three Mile Island and >> some of them went on to completion, but there has been little to no new >> activity since then. > Three mile island had an effect, but not what you claimed and your statement >that the US has no nuclear power is pretty far from reality. The US is generating >more electricity from nuclear reactors than any other country. The U.S. is a big country. Total capacity is a worthless metric. Per capita is a far more useful figure. The U.S. gets 19.7% from nuclear. France 76%. Even bulgaria gets more from nuclear than the U.S, as a percentage.
From: jim on 14 Apr 2010 15:08
chuckcar wrote: > > jim <"sjedgingN0Sp"@m(a)mwt.net> wrote in > news:iZudncdR6rQbc1jWnZ2dnUVZ_jidnZ2d(a)bright.net: > > > > > > > "E. Meyer" wrote: > > > >> > >> > > >> > There is no "reason the US doesn't have nuclear power". The US has > >> > nuclear power - more than any other country. > >> > > >> > > >> > >> OK. When was the last new nuclear power plant opened? Part two: > >> Relative to the date of the Three mile island mess, when was > >> construction on that last plant started? > >> > >> There were some plants in the works at the time of Three Mile Island > >> and some of them went on to completion, but there has been little to > >> no new activity since then. > > > > Three mile island had an effect, but not what you claimed and your > > statement > > that the US has no nuclear power is pretty far from reality. The US is > > generating more electricity from nuclear reactors than any other > > country. > > > Not per capita. Not even close. Any other measure of it is pointless and > nothing more than misleading. That's silly. Saying the US has no nuclear power is misleading. Saying that the US produces the most nuclear power in the world is simply a fact. -jim |