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Old 04-03-2023, 11:26 PM
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I just can't find words. Vogtle Unit 3 is critical and the turbines are turning.

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First, Sweden gets Covid right(or at least, less wrong), and now they’ve decided that nuclear isn’t a bad idea after all -

https://www.euractiv.com/section/ene...y-for-nuclear/
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"Right wing" and "nuclear plants" in the same sentence, right at the beinning. Clearly, atom plants are the only feasible way forward. So why politicize it? It makes both sides look dumb.
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Old 06-26-2023, 05:30 PM
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I’m guessing that Euractive’s reporter, much like the American MSM, see everything through a political lens - one where “right wing” = malign, and “left wing” = virtuous. The implicit criticism of the government energy policies is there, just not headlined.
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Old 06-26-2023, 07:23 PM
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In most European nations, there are more than just two political parties represented in government.

At present, eight different parties hold seats in the Swedish legislature, and the terms "right-wing" and "left-wing" do not bear the same pejorative connotation as they do in the US.
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Old 06-28-2023, 09:36 AM
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I visited a nuclear power plant last weekend, and swam in the waters right next to it. but I was on the cold-side, the hot-side where the waters cool the reactors is not public access.


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I find it somewhat amusing that one of our more technical achievements (the nuke plant) is protected by one of our earliest technologies - the lightning rods, first proposed by Ben Franklin in 1749.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
I visited a nuclear power plant last weekend, and swam in the waters right next to it. but I was on the cold-side, the hot-side where the waters cool the reactors is not public access.


Surry or North Anna?
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Surry or North Anna?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_...rating_Station
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I knew the puke green exterior looked familiar.
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Vogel #3 is now in commercial operation. First new unit in 30 years.

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Originally Posted by DNMakinson
Vogel #3 is now in commercial operation. First new unit in 30 years.

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And Vogtle 4 is ready for fuel load.
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Unless you're in texas of course.

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