tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post3403489005533177188..comments2024-03-08T11:20:30.095-07:00Comments on Credit Bubble Stocks: "Heat Sends U.S. Nuclear Power Production to 9-Year Low"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-24505105325655560752012-07-26T15:06:14.189-07:002012-07-26T15:06:14.189-07:00Interesting! More signs of civilization in decline...Interesting! More signs of civilization in decline?CPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12701174164478027499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-21011281223266692452012-07-26T14:57:02.360-07:002012-07-26T14:57:02.360-07:00Wow, that IS a big plant. I guess that makes sense...Wow, that IS a big plant. I guess that makes sense. In the 60's it was go big or go home.<br /><br />As for the parts that failed, actually they were replaced just a few years ago. Apparently the new metal alloy isn't holding up like they thought it would. I bet it's either a cheap Chinese manufactured part or the alloy was inferior crap to begin with because the original can't be built due to EPA regs. More boring and, yeah, more likely, they're too broke to afford the OEM part so they value-engineered a replacement that was supposed to be "just as good", but will now cost twice as much.<br /><br />To which my standard reply is, "Hey, if it's 'just as good,' why didn't they use it in the first place? Do you think those earlier engineers, limited to using pencils and slide rules, were idiots?"Allan Folzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762674627739423845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-8571768596705687532012-07-26T13:28:01.985-07:002012-07-26T13:28:01.985-07:00Right. I suppose mechanical defects are what you w...Right. I suppose mechanical defects are what you would start to see when stuff was just getting too old. <br /><br />California peak demand today is forecast to be 35000 MW - so S.O. total is >6%!<br /><br />http://www.caiso.com/outlook/SystemStatus.htmlCPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12701174164478027499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-16747360034179524172012-07-26T12:54:35.426-07:002012-07-26T12:54:35.426-07:00San Onofre storySan Onofre <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/news-ticker/2012/jul/23/san-onofre-even-longer-shutdown-or-restarting-soon/" rel="nofollow">story</a>Allan Folzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762674627739423845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-46791115926441921792012-07-26T12:52:58.506-07:002012-07-26T12:52:58.506-07:00That is interesting. I saw the other day where San...That is interesting. I saw the other day where San Onofre doesn't appear to be coming back online anytime soon. I tried, albeit not v. hard, to see just how big an 1100 MW plant is in relation to typical base load plant (plant is 2200MW, but was already running at half-cap).<br /><br />We have nukes 25-50% past their original design life finally getting shutdown, and coal plants being regulated out of existence by the EPA, and dams being breached all over the place in the PacNW, and oil is getting competitive with solar (hee-hee), well that doesn't leave much choice but NG.Allan Folzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762674627739423845noreply@blogger.com