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14. They will sit in dry casks, forever.

Reply to wtmusic (Reply #13)

Tue Aug 27, 2013, 12:09 PM

Aug 2013

or until there is money to be made in their removal.

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Entergy to Close Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant [View all] Stuart G Aug 2013 OP

Whoa - great news - I thought they'd fight to the bitter end. bananas Aug 2013 #1

Sad for the job loss to the local economy... Agschmid Aug 2013 #2

Actually no... TRoN33 Aug 2013 #5

So that is basically what I said. Agschmid Aug 2013 #7

you couldn't have been more clear Supersedeas Aug 2013 #22

Thanks. Agschmid Aug 2013 #23

If only Vermont's air conditioners ran on wild enthusiasm like yours wtmusic Aug 2013 #11

They will run fine. RoccoR5955 Aug 2013 #18

Really. Do you have any idea how much the Brattleboro solar installation will generate? wtmusic Aug 2013 #26

Think so? RoccoR5955 Aug 2013 #34

"And if we add in squirrel cages, rubber bands, and the Earth's magnetic field... wtmusic Aug 2013 #40

As a physicist by trade. RoccoR5955 Aug 2013 #46

For a physicist you certainly have an aversion for numbers. wtmusic Aug 2013 #50

we won't need nuclear power plnts to power a few 100k homes? Old and In the Way Aug 2013 #27

We certainly don't need the carbon fossil fuels create to power a few 100k homes wtmusic Aug 2013 #29

1/40 6h the 4nergy requirements... Old and In the Way Aug 2013 #30

No, the requirements stay the same wtmusic Aug 2013 #31

what's the cost of a centralized nuclear accident? Old and In the Way Aug 2013 #32

A third of your electricity is nuclear wtmusic Aug 2013 #33

I like the way you said, "in the US," RoccoR5955 Aug 2013 #47

Reactor #5 at Chernobyl was never built in the U.S., it never will be, wtmusic Aug 2013 #51

Vermont doesn't use any power from VY NOW: cali Aug 2013 #53

Of course - Green Mountain Power forced them out. wtmusic Aug 2013 #56

Well, I heard that Crane Paper is going to move back to Pittsfield, MA. RoccoR5955 Aug 2013 #62

Vermont's air conditioners?!? Seriously?!?! magical thyme Aug 2013 #54

ROFL when you get your first post-VY electric bill. wtmusic Aug 2013 #57

um, I live in Maine. Sorry to disappoint you, but magical thyme Aug 2013 #59

You might think that if you had no idea what a "trade deficit" is. wtmusic Aug 2013 #66

ok, I admit it. I am NOT sorry to disappoint you. Actually, I am... magical thyme Aug 2013 #60

Take a wild guess what percentage of Germany's electricity comes from solar. wtmusic Aug 2013 #63

congratulations on ignoring the reality of my non-nuclear electric bill in Maine magical thyme Aug 2013 #64

Bullshit. 31% of your energy comes from nuclear. wtmusic Aug 2013 #65

wrong. familiarize yourself with this. magical thyme Aug 2013 #67

Do they install separate wires to your house? wtmusic Aug 2013 #68

piece of shit solar? RobertEarl Aug 2013 #58

I think he ran away. Probably crying when he learned that my *annual* no-nuke electric bill magical thyme Aug 2013 #61

Relatively few on permanent staff in Vernon Mopar151 Aug 2013 #10

great news Marrah_G Aug 2013 #3

Guys... TRoN33 Aug 2013 #4

I'm glad you're so proud you caught them "lying". wtmusic Aug 2013 #9

Says only you. RoccoR5955 Aug 2013 #19

I don't know where you live, but you obviously know nothing about Vermont energy wtmusic Aug 2013 #24

Really? Mopar151 Aug 2013 #20

Entergy thought extending the license would be a slam dunk Mopar151 Aug 2013 #21

Ga-ron-tee your money is going to Canada wtmusic Aug 2013 #25

Not if I generate my OWN power. RoccoR5955 Aug 2013 #35

Rugged individualist, are you? wtmusic Aug 2013 #39

Lots of folks off the grid in Vermont NOW. No Joke. Mopar151 Aug 2013 #43

Great - how much does it cost for a solar array that craps out every night? wtmusic Aug 2013 #45

Well, you're wrong about carbon from natural gas, for 1 thing. Mopar151 Aug 2013 #49

Our retail electric rates are some of the hightst in the country - because of nukes! Mopar151 Aug 2013 #36

Bull-shit. wtmusic Aug 2013 #38

You wish. From thousands of miles away. n/t Mopar151 Aug 2013 #41

Yeah, well...unlike with solar power wtmusic Aug 2013 #42

And what about the spent fuel rods/pool? Divernan Aug 2013 #6

All moved to dry cask storage within 7 or 8 years. Throckmorton Aug 2013 #12

Where are the rods going to go? wtmusic Aug 2013 #13

They will sit in dry casks, forever. Throckmorton Aug 2013 #14

Long before forever wtmusic Aug 2013 #15

I doubt they will float, Throckmorton Aug 2013 #16

True. wtmusic Aug 2013 #17

Your hatred of no nukers is disgusting RobertEarl Aug 2013 #44

You obviously not seen the northern Connecticut river. Mopar151 Aug 2013 #37

No, they just didn't fuck the planet. n/t RoccoR5955 Aug 2013 #48

They're fucking the planet faster than anyone wtmusic Aug 2013 #52

So the cost/benefit ratio seabeckind Aug 2013 #8

That's what I call GOOD NEWS! Auntie Bush Aug 2013 #28

GREAT NEWS!!!! magical thyme Aug 2013 #55