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In reply to the discussion: Nuclear Reactor Pool Fire/Huge Risks in U.S. According to Unpublicized NRC Study [View all]caraher
(6,278 posts)59. Did you actually read the POPA report?
Because they seem fairly sanguine about renewables penetrations up top 30%:
lthough small penetrations of renewable generation on the grid can be smoothly integrated, accommodating more than approximately 30% electricity generation from these renewable sources will require new approaches to extending and operating the grid.
(from the Introduction, p. 6 [p.8 of the .pdf])
I wonder which laws of physics forgot when the following folks approved that?
George Crabtree (Argonne National Laboratory)
Jim Misewich (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
Ron Ambrosio (IBM)
Kathryn Clay (Auto Alliance)
Paul DeMartini (Southern California Edison)
Revis James (Electric Power Research Institute)
Mark Lauby (North American Electric Reliability Corporation)
Vivek Mohta (Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources)
John Moura (North American Electric Reliability Corporation)
Peter Sauer (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Francis Slakey (American Physical Society)
Jodi Lieberman (American Physical Society)
Humayun Tai (McKinsey and Co.)
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Nuclear Reactor Pool Fire/Huge Risks in U.S. According to Unpublicized NRC Study [View all]
kristopher
Feb 2014
OP
Yes, they love to hide behind the difficulty in tracking nuclear related cancer related fatalities
kristopher
Feb 2014
#14
A consortium of nuclear companies that self insure doesn't really qualify as "commercial insurer"...
kristopher
Feb 2014
#22
That is exactly what the major accident coverage is - and they don't pay "premiums"
kristopher
Feb 2014
#24
You don't change the rotational speed of an AC generator to regulate the voltage output
madokie
Feb 2014
#53
The filing to the NRC (the PDF) asks them to make changes in how they license reactors
kristopher
Feb 2014
#12