New Nuclear Power Truimphic Record Surpasses all Renewables

[idb]

Po' miserable Ms. Electra, the slave. LOL There are spent rod ponds in the US that have five times the amount of spent rods that they were designed for. And that is a disaster waiting to happen.

Safer Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel

What are spent fuel pools?
When fuel rods in a nuclear reactor are “spent,” or no longer usable, they are removed from the reactor core and replaced with fresh fuel rods. The spent fuel rods are still highly radioactive and continue to generate significant heat for decades. The fuel assemblies, which consist of dozens to hundreds of fuel rods each, are moved to pools of water to cool. They are kept on racks in the pool, submerged in more than twenty feet of water, and water is continuously circulated to draw heat away from the rods and keep them at a safe temperature.

Because no permanent repository for spent fuel exists in the United States, reactor owners have kept spent fuel at the reactor sites. As the amount of spent fuel has increased, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has authorized many power plant owners to increase the amount in their storage pools to as much as five times what they were designed to hold. As a result, virtually all U.S. spent fuel pools have been “re-racked” to hold spent fuel assemblies at densities that approach those in reactor cores. In order to prevent the spent fuel from going critical, the spent fuel assemblies are placed in metal boxes whose walls contain neutron-absorbing boron.

Note that the neutron absorber is boron, not hydrogen. You are certainly one dumb ass, Ms. Elektra.

Why are people like him so binary in their thinking?
He seems to think that pointing out the shortcomings of renewable energy is somehow poking treehuggers in the eye and proves that it isn't viable in any circumstance - or something...I can't really tell what his thinking is.

Any sensible planning allows for a variety of energy sources.

 

[elektra]

Po' miserable Ms. Electra, the slave. LOL There are spent rod ponds in the US that have five times the amount of spent rods that they were designed for. And that is a disaster waiting to happen.

Safer Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel

What are spent fuel pools?
When fuel rods in a nuclear reactor are “spent,” or no longer usable, they are removed from the reactor core and replaced with fresh fuel rods. The spent fuel rods are still highly radioactive and continue to generate significant heat for decades. The fuel assemblies, which consist of dozens to hundreds of fuel rods each, are moved to pools of water to cool. They are kept on racks in the pool, submerged in more than twenty feet of water, and water is continuously circulated to draw heat away from the rods and keep them at a safe temperature.

Because no permanent repository for spent fuel exists in the United States, reactor owners have kept spent fuel at the reactor sites. As the amount of spent fuel has increased, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has authorized many power plant owners to increase the amount in their storage pools to as much as five times what they were designed to hold. As a result, virtually all U.S. spent fuel pools have been “re-racked” to hold spent fuel assemblies at densities that approach those in reactor cores. In order to prevent the spent fuel from going critical, the spent fuel assemblies are placed in metal boxes whose walls contain neutron-absorbing boron.

Note that the neutron absorber is boron, not hydrogen. You are certainly one dumb ass, Ms. Elektra.

Five times, bullshit, each plant was designed to contain 20 years of fuel, name one plant that was operated for 100 years? Further, plants are storing fuel rods in dry casks. Boron is added to the water, yes, but you are the dumb ass, my statement is a 100% correct, hydrogen is a neutron absorber. I guess you are unfamiliar with Heavy Water reactors, Old Crock.

There are so many tiny little aspects to Nuclear Power you do not know Old Crock. You are a fool.

This is just another example of you following flat on your face. Read it and weep.

Neutron moderator - Energy Education

Light water
Light water is used in many reactors because it contains large amounts of hydrogen. Hydrogen works well as a neutron moderator because its mass is almost identical to that of a neutron. This means that one collision will significantly reduce the speed of neutron because of the laws of conservation of energy and momentum.[1] Additionally, light water is abundant and fairly inexpensive. One drawback is that hydrogen has a relatively high neutron absorption cross-section because of its ability to form deuterium. Thus light water can only be used as a moderator along with enriched fuels. Reactors that use light water are known as light water reactors and include the pressurized water reactor (PWR), the boiling water reactor (BWR), and the supercritical water cooled reactor (SCWR).

 

[elektra]

Why are people like him so binary in their thinking?
He seems to think that pointing out the shortcomings of renewable energy is somehow poking treehuggers in the eye and proves that it isn't viable in any circumstance - or something...I can't really tell what his thinking is.

Any sensible planning allows for a variety of energy sources.

No sensible plan includes using massive amounts of fuel and massive amounts of materials to cover massive amounts of the Earth with Solar Panels. It is singular thinking that does not allow you to see that you are proposing to use all the Earth's resources on something that has already failed and is so massive it costs well over $44 Trillion dollars. I think I am poking treehuggers? Give it a break, look it to the science, look into the manufacturing, look at the size, look at 30 years of failures in California, look at the lie called Ivanpah, now you are talking to Old Crock.

Look how stupid Old Crock is in his last post, he just blasted me claiming Hydrogen is not used as a moderator in Nuclear Reactors, completely wrong Old Crock is and you look to Old Crock?

You asking a fool about me? Bravo!

 

[elektra]

"The Tyranny Of Renewable Power".
I'll just let that sit there.

$44 Trillion dollars on product I am forced to buy? That is not Tyranny? And you did not leave it sit there, you made 2 more posts.

Got it, you are another that has zero idea what it takes to make the largest in size power plants that produce next to nothing in power, and you sit in amazement, not caring to see the cost, or the negative impacts.

 

[xband]

Yes, another blow to Wind Power and Solar Power. The year 2016 has just seen the largest source of New Electrical Power Output produced by one single nuclear power plant.

Watts Bar 2, is now our first new nuclear power plant in decades. It is so powerful, it is providing more energy than all renewable sources combined!

Watts Bar 2, First New US Nuclear Plant Since 1996, Is Now Commercial!View attachment 95977
Watts Bar 2, First New US Nuclear Plant Since 1996, Is Now Commercial!

Bill Johnson, TVA’s CEO, stated that the completion of Watts Bar 2 will assist TVA in fulfilling its mission “to make life better in the Valley by providing reliable, low-cost energy, protecting our area’s natural resources and working to attract business and growth.”


He went on to say that “Watts Bar Unit 2 is a key part of our commitment to produce cleaner energy without sacrificing the reliability and low cost that draws both industry and residents to our area.”


Completion of the first new operating nuclear power plant in the United States since 1996 is a big deal and a good news story.


“Nuclear power remains the only source of carbon-free energy that is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Joe Grimes, TVA executive vice president of generation and chief nuclear officer. “TVA believes that Watts Bar Unit 2, and other nuclear units like it across the Valley and the nation, represents a vital investment in our clean energy future.”

Wind turbines kill birds and if you want wind power you hate birds.

 

[idb]

Yes, another blow to Wind Power and Solar Power. The year 2016 has just seen the largest source of New Electrical Power Output produced by one single nuclear power plant.

Watts Bar 2, is now our first new nuclear power plant in decades. It is so powerful, it is providing more energy than all renewable sources combined!

Watts Bar 2, First New US Nuclear Plant Since 1996, Is Now Commercial!View attachment 95977
Watts Bar 2, First New US Nuclear Plant Since 1996, Is Now Commercial!

Bill Johnson, TVA’s CEO, stated that the completion of Watts Bar 2 will assist TVA in fulfilling its mission “to make life better in the Valley by providing reliable, low-cost energy, protecting our area’s natural resources and working to attract business and growth.”


He went on to say that “Watts Bar Unit 2 is a key part of our commitment to produce cleaner energy without sacrificing the reliability and low cost that draws both industry and residents to our area.”


Completion of the first new operating nuclear power plant in the United States since 1996 is a big deal and a good news story.


“Nuclear power remains the only source of carbon-free energy that is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Joe Grimes, TVA executive vice president of generation and chief nuclear officer. “TVA believes that Watts Bar Unit 2, and other nuclear units like it across the Valley and the nation, represents a vital investment in our clean energy future.”

Wind turbines kill birds and if you want wind power you hate birds.

What have birds ever done for us?!

 

[elektra]

Wind turbines kill birds and if you want wind power you hate birds.

What have birds ever done for us?![/QUOTE]
And there you have it, "idb" could care less about the planet, "idb" could care less if Renewable Energy destroys more of the Earth than it saves. "idb" could care less about anything having to do with Global Warming, saving Oil, saving the Earth's resources. "idb" is simply here for what?

"idb" and all the other mouths for Green, Clean, Renewables all know what they propose destroys the Earth, and makes those they select rich, while making the Democrats and Government more powerful. All you have to do is get them to post enough than the truth comes out.

 

[idb]

Wind turbines kill birds and if you want wind power you hate birds.

What have birds ever done for us?!

And there you have it, "idb" could care less about the planet, "idb" could care less if Renewable Energy destroys more of the Earth than it saves. "idb" could care less about anything having to do with Global Warming, saving Oil, saving the Earth's resources. "idb" is simply here for what?

"idb" and all the other mouths for Green, Clean, Renewables all know what they propose destroys the Earth, and makes those they select rich, while making the Democrats and Government more powerful. All you have to do is get them to post enough than the truth comes out.

And there you have it...Elektra is an idiot.

 

[elektra]

And there you have it...Elektra is an idiot.

"idb", stated that he/she does not care about birds? Yes? "idb" does not care that Solar Panels will and are, destroying thousands of square miles of land. "idb" does not care that Wind Turbines destroy 1000's of miles of land. What are we to believe of you, when you propose increasing heavy industry, increasing pollution, to build giant Wind Turbines and Solar Plants that will never supply our economy with 1% of the energy our industry needs? Build, build, build, build, it is never enough, and when someone states the obvious, that you are killing the planet with all this building, you scoff at them.

What have birds ever done for us?!

 

[elektra]

The efficiency of solar panels is increasing all the time as research improves the technology and manufacturing techniques.
You're talking rubbish.

Solar Research Innovation Breaking Promising Efficiency Ground


While solar incumbents such as monocrystalline manufacturer SunPower Corporation and thin film manufacturer First Solar and startups such as V3Solar push the commercial boundaries for solar PV efficiency, researchers are likewise pushing solar’s overall efficiencies into new realms.


For example, the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has achieved 44 percent efficiency. They did so by multiplying the power of the sun by almost 1000 and focusing it on multi-junction solar cells. A Princeton research team hopes to vault past 44 percent en route to potentially crossing the 50-percent efficiency threshold. Their technology uses a 30-nanometer-thick gold mesh that reduces the amount of light that is reflected and lost, thus acquiring more light in total.

As Solar PV Efficiency Climbs, Costs Likely To Drop

An article on a blog making claims that are not proven 3 years after the article was printed. Now that is a spectacular failure! "idb"!

 

[idb]

The efficiency of solar panels is increasing all the time as research improves the technology and manufacturing techniques.
You're talking rubbish.

Solar Research Innovation Breaking Promising Efficiency Ground


While solar incumbents such as monocrystalline manufacturer SunPower Corporation and thin film manufacturer First Solar and startups such as V3Solar push the commercial boundaries for solar PV efficiency, researchers are likewise pushing solar’s overall efficiencies into new realms.


For example, the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has achieved 44 percent efficiency. They did so by multiplying the power of the sun by almost 1000 and focusing it on multi-junction solar cells. A Princeton research team hopes to vault past 44 percent en route to potentially crossing the 50-percent efficiency threshold. Their technology uses a 30-nanometer-thick gold mesh that reduces the amount of light that is reflected and lost, thus acquiring more light in total.

As Solar PV Efficiency Climbs, Costs Likely To Drop

An article on a blog making claims that are not proven 3 years after the article was printed. Now that is a spectacular failure! "idb"!

Oh no...help...I'm being flamed by a 6 year old!!!

 

[elektra]

Oh no...help...I'm being flamed by a 6 year old!!!

Facts are not flames. And only an idiot would compare someone to a six year old intending that to be an insult.

Everything I state stands as fact unless you care to state otherwise.

 

[IsaacNewton]

How bizarre that someone has the opinion that power generated by wind or the sun is somehow 'evil' or needs to be demonized. WTF is that?

You people do realize that human beings started harnessing wind power thousands of years ago to great benefit and it actually greatly accelerated human advancement. All they did was put a canvas in front of the wind and allowed it to push their boats over the water.

You have to marvel at the propaganda machine the energy industry has in place that they have actually convinced people to hate the sun and the wind.

Quite vexing.

 

[elektra]

How bizarre that someone has the opinion that power generated by wind or the sun is somehow 'evil' or needs to be demonized. WTF is that?

You people do realize that human beings started harnessing wind power thousands of years ago to great benefit and it actually greatly accelerated human advancement. All they did was put a canvas in front of the wind and allowed it to push their boats over the water.

You have to marvel at the propaganda machine the energy industry has in place that they have actually convinced people to hate the sun and the wind.

Quite vexing.

How bizarre, the someone with the user id of IsaacNewton made up and lies about what is stated about wind.

We hate the Sun and Wind? You would think those that promote Wind and Sun for energy, could do so without being LIARS.

Let me play your game IsaacNewton, is it not amazing how the Marxist liberals with their insatiable thirst for political power and control over the public's lives, resorts to bigotry and stereotyping people who are tired of laboring for a failed energy policy such as Solar and Wind. Is it not telling that the Marxist Liberal Democrats idea of Science is to take us back thousands of years, and to start over from there.

The last part is not flaming or trolling, but pure fact, IsaacNewton supports an energy policy that is thousands of years behind Solar. Isaac admits this in his post.

human beings started harnessing wind power thousands of years ago

Yes, we have now gone back thousands of years, to a "technology", that was great before steam engines and combustion engines were invented.

IsaacNewton began his post as a liar, seems fitting, Wind and Solar are both lies. IVANPAH attests to that fact is so many ways, touted as a shining example of the great technology, while it never ever worked!

 

[idb]

How bizarre that someone has the opinion that power generated by wind or the sun is somehow 'evil' or needs to be demonized. WTF is that?

You people do realize that human beings started harnessing wind power thousands of years ago to great benefit and it actually greatly accelerated human advancement. All they did was put a canvas in front of the wind and allowed it to push their boats over the water.

You have to marvel at the propaganda machine the energy industry has in place that they have actually convinced people to hate the sun and the wind.

Quite vexing.

How bizarre, the someone with the user id of IsaacNewton made up and lies about what is stated about wind.

We hate the Sun and Wind? You would think those that promote Wind and Sun for energy, could do so without being LIARS.

Let me play your game IsaacNewton, is it not amazing how the Marxist liberals with their insatiable thirst for political power and control over the public's lives, resorts to bigotry and stereotyping people who are tired of laboring for a failed energy policy such as Solar and Wind. Is it not telling that the Marxist Liberal Democrats idea of Science is to take us back thousands of years, and to start over from there.

The last part is not flaming or trolling, but pure fact, IsaacNewton supports an energy policy that is thousands of years behind Solar. Isaac admits this in his post.

human beings started harnessing wind power thousands of years ago

Yes, we have now gone back thousands of years, to a "technology", that was great before steam engines and combustion engines were invented.

IsaacNewton began his post as a liar, seems fitting, Wind and Solar are both lies. IVANPAH attests to that fact is so many ways, touted as a shining example of the great technology, while it never ever worked!

Ah...so it's politics that drives your blinkered position!
No surprise there.

If you're going to start picking failures in solar energy...shall we start quoting names like Chernobyl, Fukushima?

 

[elektra]

Can Wind Turbines supply enough electricity to power heavy industry to manufacture the steel in a Wind Turbine, the answer is NO!

Can a Solar Farm supply enough electricity to power the heavy industry that manufactures Solar Panels, the answer is NO!

Wind and Solar fail to supply energy to Industry, today as well as tomorrow and forever, they both fail.

I have yet to see one post in hundreds of threads and thousands of posts, that prove this statement wrong.

California can not even pump the water it needs with Solar and Wind power. A complete failure after 30 years of constantly building them bigger, and bigger, and bigger.

 

[elektra]

If you're going to start picking failures in solar energy...shall we start quoting names like Chernobyl, Fukushima?

That is not the USA. We operate GE Mark I's just like in Japan, how come we have not had a problem. There is not one nuclear plant in the USA that even resembles Chernobyl, your lack of knowledge is telling, you know nothing. But hey, at least you got back to nuclear power.

 

[idb]

Can Wind Turbines supply enough electricity to power heavy industry to manufacture the steel in a Wind Turbine, the answer is NO!

Can a Solar Farm supply enough electricity to power the heavy industry that manufactures Solar Panels, the answer is NO!

Wind and Solar fail to supply energy to Industry, today as well as tomorrow and forever, they both fail.

I have yet to see one post in hundreds of threads and thousands of posts, that prove this statement wrong.

California can not even pump the water it needs with Solar and Wind power. A complete failure after 30 years of constantly building them bigger, and bigger, and bigger.

So what?

 

[idb]

If you're going to start picking failures in solar energy...shall we start quoting names like Chernobyl, Fukushima?

That is not the USA. We operate GE Mark I's just like in Japan, how come we have not had a problem. There is not one nuclear plant in the USA that even resembles Chernobyl, your lack of knowledge is telling, you know nothing. But hey, at least you got back to nuclear power.

Fukushima?

 

[IsaacNewton]

As soon as the term 'marxisim' comes up in a discussion about energy, there is nothing to see here. THAT in fact is what the OP wants to wail about.

Wail on.