tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post6117556724838400107..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: "Business Risks and Costs of New Nuclear Power"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-7243938182699008042009-10-14T16:32:32.660-04:002009-10-14T16:32:32.660-04:00For some ideas on the construction cost and schedu...For some ideas on the construction cost and schedule aspects of the CAP study see:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.suretyinsider.com/surety-bond-nuclear-construction.html" rel="nofollow">Surety Bonds for Nuclear Energy Facility Construction Cost-Savings</a>Bryan Kellyhttp://www.suretyinsider.com/surety-consultants.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-14076292928393256212009-02-05T15:40:00.000-05:002009-02-05T15:40:00.000-05:00Anyone going to the "Managing Outage and New build...Anyone going to the "Managing Outage and New build Risk" conference in Orlando next week (http://www.ds-energy2009.com/)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-46558725518005917552009-01-14T14:50:00.000-05:002009-01-14T14:50:00.000-05:00Interested in Nuclear Power? Check out this story ...Interested in Nuclear Power? Check out this story http://www.dmagazine.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=MultiPublishing&mod=PublishingTitles&mid=7155F7796F354F21B1183937D847D6DF&tier=4&id=EC420EF0C28C431B82F0DE4D387B21D5&AudID=91D6A3BAF82C4E7A83278901E7E75565StephanieBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05307816444496938017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-66336431645328410922009-01-13T08:02:00.000-05:002009-01-13T08:02:00.000-05:00Gee Gunter, ya really think that after all this, M...Gee Gunter, ya really think that after all this, Moody's and/or Standard and Poor's have a leg to stand on? After scrutinizing their role in the mortgage backed meltdown, are you really suggesting these agencies are credible authorities on the economics of nuclear power?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-17640700918677674932009-01-09T14:07:00.000-05:002009-01-09T14:07:00.000-05:00Severeance's estimate is consistent with what ...Severeance's estimate is consistent with what both Moody's and Standard & Poor's concluded sometime ago---it is not possible to reliably estimate the final all in cost of nuclear. <BR/><BR/>Final cost estimates are best guestimates as well as steadily moving targets--upwards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-61079738793972135062009-01-08T20:40:00.000-05:002009-01-08T20:40:00.000-05:00With the current economic downturn the price of ma...With the current economic downturn the price of many of the material needed to build a nuclear plant has gone down considerably. Not to mention that interest rates are so low right now, a utility could issue 30 year power bonds at VERY favorable rates, and by the time the plant came online the economy would be back on the upturn ready to use the extra power.<BR/><BR/>That said, we are about to hit a period of very serious inflation, so if plants don't get off the ground soon they may never happen. The government is pulling a billion dollars out of thin air, and when you increase the supply of money at the same time production is going down inflation is the only result.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-27931591669402686242009-01-07T17:51:00.000-05:002009-01-07T17:51:00.000-05:00Such conclusions might have been justified by proj...Such conclusions might have been justified by projewcting the inflation rates for power facilities that prevailed between 2002 and 2007 ahead into the next decade. But the crash of 2008 not has altered our perception of the future and written paid to such projections. It will be4 some time before we know what future costs we may expect for all forms of power generation during the next few years.Charles Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.com