[ RadSafe ] How many nuclear power plants in USA were converted tocoal/gas fired plants?

[Brennan, Mike (DOH)]

I doubt any were "converted", as fossil fuel plants usually run at
significantly higher temperatures than nuclear power plants, and have
very different needs in terms of support equipment (nuke plants don't
need smoke stacks, for example, and fossil fuel plants don't need
containment structures).  If the cooling systems were built they could
be used, but that isn't what gets built firs, in most cases.  

There almost certainly were some sites where people had thought about
putting a nuclear power plant, then decided not to, where eventually a
gas fired plant was built, but I don't think that really counts as
"converted".  And I don't know where you would find information about
them.

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[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of parthasarathy
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Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 10:21 AM
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Subject: [ RadSafe ] How many nuclear power plants in USA were converted
to coal/gas fired plants?

Dear List members,

Can any one in the list provide information on how many nuclear power
plants (before it went nuclear) were converted into coal/gas fired
stations in USA due to reasons such as cost, agitation of people etc?

Regards
Parthasarathy
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