tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post1894678379502568115..comments2023-04-07T05:19:44.951-04:00Comments on Yes Vermont Yankee: Storage Pad Needed at Vermont Yankee: Guest post by Guy PageMeredith Angwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-35114555329604470752016-02-12T16:03:10.825-05:002016-02-12T16:03:10.825-05:00You said it well, Meredith. The $145 million self-...You said it well, Meredith. The $145 million self-financing is for the construction AND loading fuel into dry casks and moving the casks onto the pad. Having said that, the soil testing etc. that needs to happen before they pour the concrete is pretty intense. This ain't no basketball court. <br />Guy Pagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-81962994769024606962016-02-12T13:28:44.770-05:002016-02-12T13:28:44.770-05:00Bob
I think we have a misplaced modifier here. T...Bob<br /><br />I think we have a misplaced modifier here. The concrete pad isn't a $145 million project. Fuel handling is self-financed...that is, Entergy took a loan for fuel handling, to be repaid later when Department of Energy pays them. I think the loan was $145 million, which includes the new pad, transferring fuel to dry casks and so forth. However, I am going to ask Guy Page to clarify.<br /><br />MeredithMeredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-21272307130121467882016-02-12T11:01:12.541-05:002016-02-12T11:01:12.541-05:00$145 million for a 22-inch concrete pad!? That'...$145 million for a 22-inch concrete pad!? That's the result of craziness in regulatory policy in the US.Robert Hargraveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06846491141058940965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-10497882604475809432016-02-07T16:43:11.949-05:002016-02-07T16:43:11.949-05:00The State of Vermont certainly utilizes some inter...The State of Vermont certainly utilizes some interesting math in how it accounts for things. So sad they're reduced to shuffling cash flows when there was so much more money when the reactor was active. I deleted the rest of my comment as it became somewhat crass.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13869791850147574252noreply@blogger.com