TVA nuclear plants beset with glitches

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TVA nuclear plants beset with glitches
By ANNE PAINE • Gannett Tennessee • August 10, 2008

TVA shut down two of its nuclear reactors after malfunctions at Watts Bar and Browns Ferry plants this past week and cut power production back at two others to keep from overheating the Tennessee River.

The problems appeared as the agency considers plans to increase electricity rates by 10 to 20 percent, blaming skyrocketing costs of coal and natural gas and insufficient rainfall for its hydroelectric plants.

Nuclear power is looked to as a major component of the public power producer's long-term solution for a reliable energy source. An environmental leader questioned the wisdom of that on Friday.

"Hello! It's August again, and TVA is having to cut back at Browns Ferry again because the Tennessee River has become too warm," said Don Safer, board chairman of Tennessee Environmental Council in Nashville.

"And they want to put more reactors upstream of Browns Ferry at Bellefonte."

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2. I just wished people would get over themselves when it comes to nuclear power

on paper it looks like the solution to all our energy needs but in actuality there is still more questions than answers. CO2 is killing us and here we are continuing to beat a dead horse, whats the deal with that, I wonder? We need to get serious about switching to wind and solar rather than keeping on with trying to cram nuclear energy down our throats. It wasn't a good idea the first time around and I doubt seriously if it will be this time. Take the money and energy being spent on trying to paint the nuclear pig with acceptable colors and apply them to solving our problems and we'll get a much bigger return on our money and effort. Nuclear energy will never be acceptable until the waste problem has been solved. Its been 60 plus years and no one has figured out a way to deal with it in a sane manner. After all this time what makes anyone think it will ever be solved?
Fusion maybe, anything but fission.