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Re: Recent safety hazards at aging nuclear plants
Re: replacing aging reactors with wind power.. the story below was published earlier this year. I guess wind power is great as long as 1)its not in my backyard 2) I don't have to look at the wind turbines, 3) I don't have to hear the wind turbines . Where oh where do we put these turbines?? North Dakota? and how in the world do we get cost efficient electricity to the huge demand area known as the east coast?? Its not that easy Norm, saying the words "replace them with alternative energy, especially wind." shows either naivete (as in "I wish for world peace") or just plain ignorance of the issue of electrical generation and transmission and the role of relatively inexpensive electricity in our continued economic survival/growth.
USA: July 30, 2001
NEW YORK - With the hot weather this past
week and the energy shortage caused by
heavy air conditioning, the Long Island
Power Authority (LIPA) is pushing hard for
new sources of generation on Long Island.
"Our energy supply on Long Island for this summer
is tight. If we don't increase available resources
significantly by next summer, we'll have an energy
supply shortage that could mean rolling blackouts
during sustained heat waves," LIPA Chairman
Kessel warned in a statement.
Nevertheless, some Long Island residents
continue to put up stiff resistance to building new
power plants.
A meeting scheduled by the New York State
Public Service Commission (PSC) in Commack,
N.Y. on Thursday turned into a screaming match
as Long Island residents fought over a proposed
300-megawatt power plant in Smithtown, N.Y. in
Suffolk County.
The PSC said the public meeting was supposed
to provide interested members of the public an
opportunity to comment on the proposed scope of
environmental studies to be conducted by Kings
Park Energy LLC, which is developing the plant.
Kings Park is a subsidiary of diversified energy
giant PPL Corp. of Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Jim Potter, executive director for Kings Park, said
the project was important for Long Island because
of the jobs, taxes and electricity it would provide.
"On Wednesday, the electricity demand on Long
Island came perilously close to causing
blackouts," Potter said, warning that while
Wednesday was warm, temperatures were far
from record-breaking.
Temperatures reached 94 degrees F in the New
York City metropolitan area on Wednesday.
Potter said PPL expects to have the six-unit
natural gas plant operational by the summer of
2003.
LONG ISLAND WIND
In addition to working with several power plant
developers on Long Island, the LIPA said it was
considering a wind power project for its 1.1 million
customers on the breezy island.
"We're looking into the feasibility of wind power
for Long Island," said LIPA spokesman Michael
Lowndes, adding that the state-owned power
distributor did not yet have a plan for where the
project would be built.
Lowndes noted, however, LIPA Chairman Kessel
wants to accelerate the wind power study, making
it one of several options available to help bolster
Long Island's power supply.
This is not the first time wind power has been
proposed.
Last year, a plan was launched to build three wind
turbines on state-owned land at Montauk Point, on
the island's extreme eastern tip, as a
demonstration project that would have powered
the recreation area's concession stand and other
facilities.
Residents of the summer resort town, however,
opposed the project, claiming among other things
it would be unsightly and noisy.
LIPA abandoned the Montauk project, but is
looking for a more remote location for its wind
turbines.
Se Reuters: http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=11804
Patricia A. Milligan, CHP
USNRC
301-415-2223
>>> Norman Cohen <ncohen12@HOME.COM> 12/11/01 02:00PM >>>
HI John,
Now what do you think I'm going to say? ;-) Sorry, but I respectfully reply
that this shows we need to phase out the oldest and most dangerous plants and
replace them with alternative energy, especially wind.
Peace,
Norm
"Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" wrote:
> Norm,
> This clearly shows we need newer nuclear power plants. Don't you agree?
>
> -- John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Norman Cohen [mailto:ncohen12@HOME.COM]
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 11:14 PM
> To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> Subject: Recent safety hazards at aging nuclear plants
>
> FYI
> Norm
>
> >
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