Comments on: NRC leaves lump of coal in San Onofre’s stocking

By: Bill - San Jose

Bill - San Jose — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:30:28 +0000

Powerplants on this coast will have to be cooled by fresh water instead of ocean water before getting new PPAs. San Onofre was going to cost 4.5B to switch to fresh water so this is the dog and pony show to keep the feelgooders busy while rates will increase and possible outages are the new norm.

GGs SoCal.

By: The Ted Steele Conceptual Abstraction Unit

The Ted Steele Conceptual Abstraction Unit — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 16:54:47 +0000

In reply to Rick Morgal. Well said Rick---

By: Rick Morgal

Rick Morgal — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 05:54:41 +0000

One would assume that the regulatory compact would include SCE being a responsible party to the safe operation and professional re-design of the flawed steam generators. Hiding behind Mitsubishi Heavy Industry’s flawed software as the cause of the failure demonstrates how incapable SCE’s Nuclear Plant Design Staff really is at supervising the design of the steam generators. Its about time the NRC put some responsibility on SCE which then adds economic creditability to the State’s emphasis on renewable alternatives. Plus once the price tag associated with storing the spent nuclear fuel (aka nuclear waste) on-site is determined it will be a boon for the state and ratepayers to have shut San Onofre down early, reducing the amount of waste to be stored on-site. Private investment knows we need water, renewable power, and grid updates. Its about time private investors understand we can’t afford nuclear power and there is no money to be made in this ill fated industry.

By: Ted Steele, CEO

Ted Steele, CEO — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 17:22:37 +0000

Meanwhile we all wait the results of the longitudinal cancer study to see how many victims live around its historic chronic unlawful discharging locale.

By: Ray Lutz

Ray Lutz — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:15:40 +0000

The original cost of the San Onofre plant was completely recovered by the original investors as of 2002. Between then and now, the investors have been making bets that the plant could be relicensed and that the steam generator project would be success. When a company fails to perform, it is proper and good policy to make investment in the project unrecoverable, to incentivize good management. The dirty secret is that these nuclear plants are economic disasters. The San Onofre plant was shut down in 2012, and so prices should have been a bit higher as a result. There were only 16 16-hour periods in the entirety of 2012 when the San Onofre plant would have beat the market for energy. We actually will save money if we can get away from these fiscal blunders, as politically correct as they may be for the pro-nuke crowd.

By: bunkerqueen

bunkerqueen — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 20:53:05 +0000

In reply to The Ted Steele Conceptual Abstraction Unit.

Hi Tardsly……..! LOL WUT.

By: The Ted Steele Conceptual Abstraction Unit

The Ted Steele Conceptual Abstraction Unit — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 17:52:19 +0000

In reply to bunkerqueen. LOL--- see above post!

By: bunkerqueen

bunkerqueen — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 17:21:42 +0000

In reply to Ted Steele, CEO.

HI Tardsly……..!

By: Ace Hoffman

Ace Hoffman — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:58:03 +0000

I wonder why Mr. Perkins chose to interview the UCSD professor that wrote that book, talking about the CPUC breaking a “regulatory compact” with SCE. Perhaps it is getting difficult to find anyone with any “credentials” with anything good to say for SCE, so the columnist had to settle for Dr. Victor and Victor Dricks, who has spent years honing his skills as chief apologist for the NRC on SanO. If the CPUC decides SoCal cheated to get the money, as they should, that’s not a black mark on the CPUC’s control of the nuclear industry or any other industry. No industry should expect regulators to let them get away with creating an unsolvable environmental problem or acting negligently — both of which SoCal Edison undoubtedly did. If the CPUC does its job, wind and solar power companies in California should expect fair treatment and proper regulation, which means their competitors will not be able to get a leg up by cheating the customer and the system. Everybody wins with proper regulation. California regulators have ignored the dangers of our nuclear power plants for too long — and the waste problem they have been creating. The NRC does not provide proper regulation at ANY nuclear power plant and forbid state agencies from even discussing “safety” issues entirely. They are a “captured” agency: a lap-dog of the industry they regulate.

Ace

By: Ted Steele, CEO

Ted Steele, CEO — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 23:16:12 +0000

Good Job NRC– AGAIN—– Songs was run like this for decades and conservatyives applauded every watt, safety violkation and unlawful discharge—- pathetic.