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The Aging of Our Nuclear Power Plants Is Not So Graceful 436

Lasrick writes "This is a very thoughtful article on nuclear power plant aging: how operators use early retirement of plants to extract concessions from rate-payers and a discussion on how California's 'forward-looking planning process' has probably mitigated disruption from the closing of San Onofre."
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The Aging of Our Nuclear Power Plants Is Not So Graceful

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  • by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 23, 2013 @09:04PM (#44088551)

    /. karma > nuclear energy discussion

  • by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 23, 2013 @09:20PM (#44088621)

    Some of the old reactors are developing chinks due to the constant nips of the operating machinery. Sometime the equipment is hosed down so that they are soaking, with wet backs. Of course the owners don't want to put money into maintenance because most of them are quite greedy and niggardly.

    I sit here, wearing my coon skin hat and drinking limey flavoured beverages as a froggie would go through water.

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