tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post1129151774081541555..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: DOE Moves Forward on Small ReactorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-91158622292867520752012-01-24T11:58:18.301-05:002012-01-24T11:58:18.301-05:00As for the UK, their National Decommissioning Auth...As for the UK, their National Decommissioning Authority is apparently about to reject the reactor disposition option for a number of reasons.<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jan/24/sellafield-plutonium-reactor-plans-rejected?INTCMP=SRCH<br /><br />If you're going to chide someone for being wrong, you should make sure your facts are right first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-57800967691059600702012-01-24T11:56:13.337-05:002012-01-24T11:56:13.337-05:00Except that's incorrect.
"The fees paid ...Except that's incorrect.<br /><br />"The fees paid by utilities are deposited quarterly into the Nuclear Waste Fund and <br />invested in U.S. Treasury securities."<br /><br />http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-109shrg47642/html/CHRG-109shrg47642.htm<br /><br />Either way, they're not "industry funds," no matter how much Seth might want to spend them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-34461498917564273962012-01-23T20:15:30.610-05:002012-01-23T20:15:30.610-05:00I'm sorry Anonymous is having so much trouble ...I'm sorry Anonymous is having so much trouble with this very simple concept. The $80B fund is administered under the DOE's umbrella invested no doubt in some congressman's favorite pork barrel project like bridges to nowhere. The money could be INVESTED instead in nuke R&D just like Boeing invested in the 787. Note that the UK is now considering INVESTING in the GE Prism SMR as the preferred means of destroying its nuclear waste.sethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-12862538231400888722012-01-23T14:53:22.710-05:002012-01-23T14:53:22.710-05:00The money in the Nuclear Waste Fund is not "n...The money in the Nuclear Waste Fund is not "nuclear industry funds." It was paid into the fund by utility ratepayers specifically for construction of a deep geological waste repository, not for any R&D project some in the industry find intriguing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-48549998274761336062012-01-22T18:33:50.272-05:002012-01-22T18:33:50.272-05:00I've always wondered how it is legal for the D...I've always wondered how it is legal for the DoE to continue collecting funds for the development of a waste repository when they are not in fact doing that. In the world of private business that would be considered fraud, or at least breach of fiduciary responsibility, taking money for doing a job you are not doing. Of course, the whole shebang is in violation of federal law when Obama got together with Harry Reid and Gregory Jaczko and violated the NWPA by trashing Yucca Mountain, so I guess they think embezzling a few tens of billions of public dollars is no big deal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-84379209502872388322012-01-22T14:42:01.260-05:002012-01-22T14:42:01.260-05:00Why is that the NEI never points out that the DOE ...Why is that the NEI never points out that the DOE holds almost $80B in nuclear industry funds ostensibly for decommissioning, waste and insurance very little of which is likely to be used. When a teeny tiny portion of those funds is used for nuclear research it is always portrayed as a giant federal subsidy. What it is in fact is an odious dereliction of federal duty to support an industry with its own funds.sethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-64865167849396881822012-01-22T11:56:56.117-05:002012-01-22T11:56:56.117-05:00I don’t believe the TerraPower design qualifies fo...I don’t believe the TerraPower design qualifies for the government definition of a SMR (< 300MW). Although I can’t find it in their website material, I believe they are planning for a 500-1000 MW design, and in fact have moved away from the Travelling Wave concept towards something closer to the IFR (but without the pyroprocessing).<br />http://bravenewclimate.com/2010/09/22/twr-vs-ifrAtomikrabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02378221046939835905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-9093807077751083512012-01-21T09:53:19.174-05:002012-01-21T09:53:19.174-05:00This is business as usual for the US government. T...This is business as usual for the US government. The DOE funds will go to the large established players with the lobbying clout like Westinghouse. Startups like Nuscale and Terrapower have a snowballs chance at getting this money. This DOE program isn't about nurturing innovation in SMR development as much as it is just another round of corporate welfare.Drew Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07708541905356977408noreply@blogger.com