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

[Jerry]

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

Sent from my iPhone

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

> How about Marble Hill and Shoreham?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> 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
>> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
>> 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
>> _______________________________________________
>> You are currently subscribed to the RadSafe mailing list
>> 
>> Before posting a message to RadSafe be sure to have read and understood
>> the RadSafe rules. These can be found at:
>> http://health.phys.iit.edu/radsaferules.html
>> 
>> For information on how to subscribe or unsubscribe and other settings
>> visit: http://health.phys.iit.edu
>> _______________________________________________
>> You are currently subscribed to the RadSafe mailing list
>> 
>> Before posting a message to RadSafe be sure to have read and understood the RadSafe rules. These can be found at: http://health.phys.iit.edu/radsaferules.html
>> 
>> For information on how to subscribe or unsubscribe and other settings visit: http://health.phys.iit.edu
> _______________________________________________
> You are currently subscribed to the RadSafe mailing list
> 
> Before posting a message to RadSafe be sure to have read and understood the RadSafe rules. These can be found at: http://health.phys.iit.edu/radsaferules.html
> 
> For information on how to subscribe or unsubscribe and other settings visit: http://health.phys.iit.edu