Wind power is poised to kick nuclear’s ass
from Grist:
Wind power is poised to kick nuclear’s ass
By John Upton
In 2012, wind energy became the fastest-growing source of new electricity generation in the U.S., providing 42 percent of new generation capacity, according to the American Wind Energy Association.
Wind power is becoming so cheap and so commonplace that it appears poised to help blow up the country’s nuclear power sector, according to a recent Bloomberg article (which you really should read in full). Other highlights from the piece:
* $25 billion was spent on wind energy in the U.S. in 2012.
* The $25 billion outlay increased nationwide wind generating capacity by 13,124 megawatts – up 28 percent from 2011.
* That spending spree was fueled in large part by a mad scramble to qualify for federal tax credits that were set to expire at the end of last year (but were ultimately renewed by Congress).
* Wind-generated electricity met about 3.4 percent of of American demand in 2012, a figure that’s expected to reach 4.2 percent next year.
* $120 billion spent on wind turbines since 2003 has increased wind power supplies 1,000 percent and created as much new electricity generation as could be provided by 14 new nuclear power plants.
In addition to federal tax credits, state-level renewable energy requirements are helping to spur wind’s growth, and the nuclear industry thinks that’s unfair: ....................(more)
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Акимов, Александр Фёдорович
1953-05-06
1986-05-10 radiation burns on 100% of body, caused by an estimated 15 Gray (Gy) dose. Unit #4 shift leader A senior reactor operator, at the controls in the control room at the time of the explosion; received fatal dose during attempts to restart feedwater flow into the reactor; posthumously awarded the Order "For Courage" of third degree.[8]
Ananenko, Alexei ?
1986-05/6-? acute radiation sickness engineer One of the three divers who opened the sluice gates allowing water to evacuate the basement below the reactor on May 1. Congratulated upon return, he died afterwards.
Baranov, Anatoly Ivanovich
Баранов, Анатолий Иванович
1953-06-13
1986-05-20 acute radiation sickness electrical engineer, senior electrician Posthumously awarded the Order "For Courage" of third degree.[8]
Baranov, Boris ?
1986-05/6-? acute radiation sickness soldier One of the three divers (he carried a lamp, which later failed) who opened the sluice gates allowing water to evacuate the basement below the reactor on May 1. Congratulated upon return, he died afterwards.
Bezpalov, Valeri ?
1986-05/6-? acute radiation sickness engineer One of the three divers who opened the sluice gates allowing water to evacuate the basement below the reactor on May 1. Congratulated upon return, he died afterwards.
Brazhnik, Vyacheslav Stepanovych
Бражник, Вячеслав Степанович
1957-05-03
1986-05-14 acute radiation sickness turbine operator, senior turbine machinist operator In the turbine hall at the moment of explosion; received fatal dose (over 1000 rad) during firefighting and stabilizing the turbine hall, died in Moscow hospital; posthumously awarded the Order "For Courage" of third degree;[8] irradiated by a piece of fuel lodged on a nearby transformer of turbogenerator 7 during manual opening of the turbine emergency oil drain valves.
Degtyarenko, Viktor Mykhaylovych
Дегтяренко, Виктор Михайлович 1954-08-10
1986-05-19
acute radiation sickness reactor operator At the moment of explosion close to the pumps; posthumously awarded the Order "For Courage" of third degree,[8][12] face scalded by steam or hot water[13] .
Dyatlov, Anatoly Stepanovich
Дятлов, Анатолий Степанович 1931-03-03
1995-12-13 heart failure, possibly a delayed consequence of the 400 rads radiation Plant vice chief engineer Fomin's assistant; supervised the test, present in the control room at the moment of explosion; received about 400 rads when surveying the reactor damage from the outside with Nikolai Gorbachenko; radiation burns on face, right hand, legs; after the disaster stripped of Communist party membership, arrested in August 1986, spent a year in Kiev prison awaiting trial in August 1987; found guilty of gross violation of safety regulations, sentenced to 10 years of labor camp, released after five years.
Hanzhuk, Nikolai Aleksandrovich
Ганжук, Николай Александрович 1960-06-26
1986-10-02 helicopter crash helicopter pilot Was sent to help extinguish the fire of the reactor with a clay load from the air and helicopter crashed above the reactor. However, crash was not directly related to radiation exposure, as it is obvious from crash video [14] that helicopter rotor hit a construction cable.
Ignatenko, Vasyli Ivanovych
Игнатенко, Василий Иванович 1961-03-13
1986-05-13 acute radiation sickness fireman Senior sergeant, first crew on the reactor roof, received fatal dose during attempt to extinguish the roof and the reactor core, died two weeks later in Moscow Hospital 6[15]
Ivanenko, Yekaterina Alexandrovna
Иваненко, Екатерина Александровна 1932-09-11
1986-05-26 acute radiation sickness Pripyat city police guard Guarded a gate opposite to the Block 4, stayed on duty for the entire night until morning.[16]
Khodemchuk, Valery Ilyich
Ходемчук, Валерий Ильич 1951-03-24
1986-04-26 initial explosion main circulating pumps, senior operator Stationed in the southern main circulating pumps engine room, likely killed immediately; body never found, likely buried under the wreckage of the steam separator drums; has a memorial sign in the Reactor 4 building; posthumously awarded the Order "For Courage" of third degree.[8]
Khrystych, Leonid Ivanovych
Христич, Леонид Иванович 1953-02-28
1986-10-02 helicopter crash helicopter pilot Was sent to help extinguish the fire of the reactor with a clay load from the air and helicopter crashed above the reactor. However, crash was not directly related to radiation exposure, as it is obvious from crash video [14] that helicopter rotor hit a construction cable.
Kibenok, Viktor Mykolayovych
Кибенок, Виктор Николаевич 1963-02-17
1986-05-11 acute radiation sickness fireman Lieutenant, leader of the second unit, fighting fires in the reactor department, separator room, and the central hall; in 1987 posthumously named a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Konoval, Yuriy Ivanovych
Коновал, Юрий Иванович 1942-01-01
1986-05-28 acute radiation sickness electrician Posthumously awarded the Order "For Courage" of third degree.[8]
Kudryavtsev, Aleksandr Gennadiyevych
Кудрявцев, Александр Геннадиевич 1957-12-11
1986-05-14 acute radiation sickness SIUR trainee Present in the control room at the moment of explosion; received fatal dose of radiation during attempt to manually lower the control rods as he looked directly to the open reactor core; posthumously awarded the Order "For Courage" of third degree.[8]
Kurguz, Anatoly Kharlampiyovych
Кургуз, Анатолий Харлампиевич 1957-06-12
1986-05-12 acute radiation sickness operator, central hall Scalded by radioactive steam entering his control room; his colleague, Oleg Genrikh, was spared the worst and survived.
Lelechenko, Aleksandr Grigoryevich
Лелеченко, Александр Григорьевич 1938-07-26
1986-05-07 fatal radiation exposure, 2500 rads plant worker, deputy chief of the electrical shop Former Leningrad power plant electrical shop shift leader;[17] at the central control room with Kukhar; at the moment of explosion just arrived to the block 4 control room;[18] in order to spare his younger colleagues a radiation exposure he himself went through radioactive water and debris three times to switch off the electrolyzers and the feed of hydrogen to the generators, then tried to supply voltage to feedwater pumps; after receiving first aid, returned to the plant and worked for several more hours. Died in Kiev hospital.
Lopatyuk, Viktor Ivanovich
Лопатюк, Виктор Иванович 1960-08-22
1986-05-17 acute radiation sickness electrician Received fatal dose during switching off the electrolyzer[19]
Luzganova, Klavdia Ivanovna
Лузганова, Клавдия Ивановна 1927-05-09
1986-07-31 radiation exposure, est. 600 rad Pripyat city police guard[10] Guarded the construction site of the spent fuel storage building about 200 meters from Block 4[16]
Novyk, Aleksandr Vasylyovych
Новик, Александр Васильевич 1961-08-11
1986-07-26 acute radiation sickness turbine equipment machinist-inspector Received fatal dose (over 1000 rad) during firefighting and stabilizing the turbine hall, died in Moscow hospital; posthumously awarded the Order "For Courage" of third degree;[8] irradiated by a piece of fuel lodged on a nearby transformer of the turbogenerator 7 during attempts to call the control room.
Orlov, Ivan Lukych
Орлов, Иван Лукич 1945-01-10
1986-05-13 acute radiation sickness physicist Received fatal dose during attempts to restart feedwater flow into the reactor.
Perchuk, Kostyantyn Grigorovich
Перчук, Константин Григорьевич 1952-11-23
1986-05-20 acute radiation sickness turbine operator, senior engineer In the turbine hall at the moment of explosion; received fatal dose (over 1000 rad) during firefighting and stabilizing the turbine hall, died in Moscow hospital; posthumously awarded the Order "For Courage" of third degree;[8] irradiated by a piece of fuel lodged on a nearby transformer of the turbogenerator 7 during manual opening of the turbine emergency oil drain valves.
Perevozchenko, Valery Ivanovich
Перевозченко, Валерий Иванович 1947-05-06
1986-06-13 acute radiation sickness foreman, reactor section Received fatal dose of radiation during attempt to locate and rescue Khodemchuk and others, and manually lower the control rods; together with Kudryavtsev and Proskuryakov he looked directly to the open reactor core, suffering radiation burns on side and back; posthumously awarded the Order "For Courage" of third degree.[8]
Popov, Georgi Illiaronovich
Попов, Георгий Илларионович 1940-02-21
1986-06-13 acute radiation sickness Kharkov turbine plant Vibration specialist, mobile laboratory in the car at Turbine 8; buried in Mitinskoe Cemetery.[3]
Pravik, Vladimir Pavlovych
Правик, Владимир Павлович 1962-06-13
1986-05-11 radiation burns fireman Lieutenant, first crew on the reactor roof, repeatedly visited the reactor and the roof of Unit C at Level 71 to supervise the firefighting; received fatal dose during attempt to extinguish the roof and the reactor core, died two weeks later in Moscow Hospital 6; his eyes are said to have been turned from brown to blue by the intensity of the radiation;[5] in 1987 posthumously named a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Proskuryakov, Viktor Vasilyevich
Проскуряков, Виктор Васильович 1955-04-09
1986-05-17 acute radiation sickness SIUR trainee Present in the control room at the moment of explosion; received fatal dose of radiation during attempt to manually lower the control rods as he looked directly to the open reactor core; posthumously awarded the Order "For Courage" of third degree;[8] 100% radiation burns.
Savenkov, Vladimir Ivanovych
Савенков, Владимир Иванович 1958-02-15
1986-05-21 acute radiation sickness Kharkov turbine plant Vibration specialist, mobile laboratory in the car at Turbine 8; first one to become sick; buried in Kharkov in a lead coffin.[3]
Shapovalov, Anatoliy Ivanovych
Шаповалов, Анатолий Иванович 1941-04-06
1986-05-19 acute radiation sickness electrician Posthumously awarded the Order "For Courage" of third degree.[8]
Shashenok, Vladimir Nikolaevich
Шашенок, Владимир Николаевич 1951-04-21
1986-04-26 thermal and radiation burns, trauma Atomenergonaladka, adjuster of automatic systems (Chernobyl startup and adjustment enterprise) Stationed in Room 604, found pinned down under a fallen beam, with broken spine, broken ribs, deep thermal and radiation burns, and unconscious; died in hospital without regaining consciousness.
Shevchenko, Volodimir Mikitovich
Шевченко, Владимир Никитович 1929-12-23
1987-03-29 Cancer, complication of Acute Radiation Sickness Ukrainian Filmmaker A film maker who took much of the iconic footage of the early days in recovering from the Chernobyl disaster. He filmed the famous clip of the destruction of a helicopter when it clipped a guy wire while dropping sand on the open reactor; see Hanzhuk, Nikolai Aleksandrovich above. See a video of his work at.[20]
Sitnikov, Anatoly Andreyevich
Ситников, Анатолий Андреевич 1940-01-20
1986-05-30 acute radiation sickness deputy chief operational engineer, physicist Received fatal dose (about 1500 roentgens or 15 Sv), mostly to head, after being sent by Fomin to survey the reactor hall and look at the reactor from the roof of Unit C.
Telyatnikov, Leonid Petrovich
Телятников, Леонид Петрович 1951-01-25
2004-12-02 died of cancer, received an estimated 4 Gy firefighter Head of the plant fire department; in 1987 named a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Tishchura, Vladimir Ivanovych
Тищура, Владимир Иванович 1959-12-15
1986-05-10 radiation burns fireman Sergeant, Kibenok's unit, fighting fires in the reactor department, separator room, and the central hall.
Titenok, Nikolai Ivanovych
Титенок, Николай Иванович 1962-12-05
1986-05-16 radiation burns external and internal, incl. blistered heart fireman Senior sergeant, Kibenok's unit, fighting fires in the reactor department, separator room, and the central hall; received fatal dose during attempt to extinguish the roof and the reactor core, died two weeks later in Moscow Hospital 6.
Toptunov, Leonid Fedorovych
Топтунов, Леонид Федорович 1960-08-16
1986-05-14 acute radiation sickness SIUR, senior engineer for management of the reactor (reactor operator) In the control room at the reactor control panel at the moment of explosion, with Akimov; received fatal dose during attempts to restart feedwater flow into the reactor; posthumously awarded the Order "For Courage" of third degree.[8]
Vashchuk, Nikolai Vasilievich
Ващук, Николай Васильевич 1959-06-05
1986-05-14 fireman Sergeant, Kibenok's unit, fighting fires in the reactor department, separator room, and the central hall.
Vershynin, Yuriy Anatoliyovych
Вершинин, Юрий Анатольевич 1959-05-22
1986-07-21 acute radiation sickness Turbine equipment machinist-inspector In the turbine hall at the moment of explosion; received fatal dose (over 1000 rad) during firefighting and stabilizing the turbine hall, died in Moscow hospital; posthumously awarded the Order "For Courage" of third degree;[8] irradiated by a piece of fuel lodged on a nearby transformer of the turbogenerator 7 during attempts to call the control room.
Vorobyov, Volodymyr Kostyantynovych
1956-03-21
1986-10-02 helicopter crash helicopter crew Was sent to help extinguish the fire of the reactor with a clay load from the air and helicopter crashed above the reactor. However, crash was not directly related to radiation exposure, as it is obvious from crash video [14] that helicopter rotor hit a construction cable.
Yunhkind, Oleksandr Yevhenovych
1958-04-15
1986-10-02 helicopter crash helicopter crew Was sent to help extinguish the fire of the reactor with a clay load from the air and helicopter crashed above the reactor. However, crash was not directly related to radiation exposure, as it is obvious from crash video [14] that helicopter rotor hit a construction cable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_due_to_the_Chernobyl_disaster
