First Eighty-Year Nuclear Plant Licensing Could be Made Next Year
• https://www.nextbigfuture.comDominion Energy could spend $4 billion over the next decade on the Surry-North Anna relicensing program and plant maintenance. The two nuclear units at Surry Power Station are both three-loop Westinghouse pressurized water reactors that produce 1,67
Nuclear might be better than other energy in many ways. But here is the way it is bad. If a big earthquake hits a coal mine, a bunch of miners die, and they have to rebuild the mine. If a big earthquake hits a petroleum well, a few rig workers die and they have to drill again. If a big earthquake takes out, say, Hoover Dam, folks downstream die, and they have to rebuild the dam if they want more power. If a big earthquake takes out solar or wind-power plants, maybe nobody dies, but they have to rebuild. BUT, if a big earthquake takes out a nuclear power plant, the land and water are polluted, and millions or billions die. Look at what's coming with Fukushima. Do you want to take another chance like that?