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

Jerry gelsg at aol.com
Wed Oct 3 15:05:56 CDT 2012


Moscow, OH.  Never loaded fuel but is now burning coal. 

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On Oct 3, 2012, at 3:53 PM, Scott Davidson <bsdnuke at gmail.com> wrote:

> How about Marble Hill and Shoreham?
> 
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> On Oct 3, 2012, at 2:52 PM, "Brennan, Mike  (DOH)" <Mike.Brennan at DOH.WA.GOV> wrote:
> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
>> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of parthasarathy
>> k s
>> 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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