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

[Donald Kosloff]

Zimmer in Ohio to coal.

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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.
> 
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> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of parthasarathy
> k s
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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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