Re: N.U Must Pay For Decommissioning -Reply

["Robert D. H. Aft" <AllianceScaff@snet.net>]

CLAUDE A. FLORY wrote:
> 
> NU had set aside money for decommissioning, I believe somewhere in the range of
> $200-250M.  But the plant was shutdown prematurely and the cost of
> decommissioning is higher than first estimates. It was economics, not
> incompetence, which shut Connecticut Yankee down.  Gas is a whole lot cheaper
> now than redundant safety systems.  NU lost when it came to "A Connecticut
> Yankee in a Keen Actuary's Count."  TA DUM!
> 
> Claude Flory
> Northeast Utilities
> floryca@gwsmtp.nu.com
> 
> >>> "Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net> 09/02/98 10:56am >>>
> While at FPL, I was involved with the decommisioning plans for
> Turkey Point and St. Lucie. That was late 70's and early 80's.
> Since then, I have understood that the NRC has required, as well
> as other financial regulatory bodies, that each utility had to set
> aside so many $$$ for future decommisioning. Perhaps someone
> can address what NU was trying to push is different from what was
> expected when decommisioning plans were first introduced.
> --------------------
> 
> N.U Must Pay For Decommissioning - (HARTFORD) -- A judge has
> ordered Northeast Utilities to foot the entire bill for
> decommissioning of the Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.
> It will cost N-U more than 420- Million dollars to permanently shut
> the plant down. The judge ruled N-U's incompetence led to the
> plant's failure. The utility had wanted to add a surcharge to
> ratepayers' bills to pay part of the cost.
> 
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Sorry to differ in opinion with you Claude CY was shut down by NU's
incompetence.....
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