Forbes, a friend of nuclear, on San Onofre

[kristopher]

Southern California Edison's Problems Ensnare Entire Nuclear Energy Sector

The nuclear energy sector has taken a blow now that Southern California Edison has decided to permanently close its troubled nuclear plant. Safety is a key concern. But so is honesty and transparency.

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...two letters that have recently surfaced. They show that Southern California Edison had knowledge of the “vibrations” and their potentially “disastrous” results on nuclear operations.

Specifically, the utility’s then-plant manager penned two letters in 2004 and 2005 to its vendor, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries . Disruptive vibrations were occurring and causing tubes to prematurely wear out. That could cause radiation to leak, the manager had said, which is exactly what happened to one of the reactors in January 2012. The company decided to temporarily shut down both units at that time.

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In the final analysis, Craver says that maintaing the plant while also buying replacement fuel to meet the electricity needs of customers would have become non-economical at year-end. And with no plan in sight for a re-start of its one healthy unit, the company decided to pull the plug last Friday. Coincidentally, that decision came just a few days after the 2004 and 2005 letters became public. The generators were actually installed in 2009 and 2010, before the leak in 2012....

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2013/06/11/southern-california-edisons-problems-ensnare-entire-nuclear-energy-sector/

[kristopher]

1. No blackouts expected this summer amid San Onofre closure

No blackouts expected this summer amid San Onofre closure
Published: June 10, 2013
By David Sneed — [e-mail]

Operators of the state’s electrical grid say they are not expecting disruptions of electrical service as a result of the permanent closure of San Onofre nuclear generating station.

“We are not predicting any blackouts or brownouts,” said Steven Greenlee, spokesman for the California Independent System Operator in Sacramento. “We are working with the utilities and state agencies to develop a plan for replacing that power.”

Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2013/06/10/2541566/san-onofre-blackouts-power-supply.html#storylink=cpy

[madokie]

2. I've always felt the brownouts and blackouts were to enrich a few already rich assholes

One of those rich guys took the easy way out and faked his death so he could go into hiding even. IMO

[FBaggins]

3. Is the author a "friend of nuclear"?

This isn't a Forbes editorial... it's a blog post on one of their personal "sites".

[kristopher]

4. Sure sounds like his preferences are in line with nuclear.

You know, your reply shows just how shallow you are. That article provides a great deal of meat for good discussion, but the only thing you can find to comment on is whether it is a blogger at Forbes or an editor.

Pathetic.

[FBaggins]

5. You seemed to think it was important enough to warrant changing the title

Don't you think it's the relevant to determine whether that was accurate?

only thing you can find to comment on is whether it is a blogger at Forbes or an editor.

There's nothing wrong with the piece... I just found it interesting how you chose to market it.

You seem to have a habbit of finding things that agree with your preconceptions and deciding that they are credible... rather than finding things that are credible and using the information to inform your own understanding.

As, for instance, with that Chernobyl: Consequences piece.

You know, your reply shows just how shallow you are.

Oh... the irony.