tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post2000261082229718617..comments2023-04-07T05:19:44.951-04:00Comments on Yes Vermont Yankee: Guest Post by Howard Shaffer: Vermont Yankee, What's In It for Us?Meredith Angwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-92146025623700699042012-08-14T10:26:44.399-04:002012-08-14T10:26:44.399-04:00Mike and Tom
Mike: I am no authority on the switc...Mike and Tom<br /><br />Mike: I am no authority on the switchyard at VY, but I doubt it was in such bad shape as you say. One thing I do know, however, is that investing $300 million in new equipment for VY was a major investment. VY opponents are always saying that the plant makes "a million dollars a day" while it is running (that was under the old contracts.) Anyhow, I decided to do my own back-of-the-envelope calculations and it came up with about $250 million a year INCOME at VY, not counting any costs, salaries etc. In other words, $300 million invested in new equipment is probably several years of plant profits. That is a sizable investment and a sizable vote of confidence in the future of the plant.<br /><br /> Needless to say, the plant shares no financial information with me. I am just doing my own calculations here. four and a half cents per kWh times rated capacity times capacity factor. Anyone can do this calculation.<br /><br />Tom. Correction. Mike undoubtedly slept near a PWR, not a BWR, on a submarine. <br /><br />I am currently in New York City, visiting family and taking our grandson on his morning subway ride to Art Camp at Harlem School of the Arts. Every time I get in the subway, I think :thank you Indian Point! Meredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-36175163422846138642012-08-12T11:17:27.369-04:002012-08-12T11:17:27.369-04:00Mike it seems no matter what Entergy does it will ...Mike it seems no matter what Entergy does it will never be enough for you. The NRC is an regulator of not just commercial nuclear power plants. So do you trust them to over see nuclear medicine or X-rays or exit signs or all the other responsibility's they have. You spent years on a nuclear submarine who over saw that did you complain back then? You were underwater next to a BWR for 3 months at a time. By the way the sub was built by the cheapest bidder. I bet that made you feel safe!Tom Cleggnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-83905389002304745162012-08-07T14:44:40.605-04:002012-08-07T14:44:40.605-04:00Meredidth,
$300 million dollars is mere pennies w...Meredidth,<br /><br />$300 million dollars is mere pennies with the scale of these problems and the size of Entergy...<br /><br />Did you include the million dollars for the replacement diesel generator of the Vernon tie? Did you ever see my pictures of the disgusting Vernon dam switchyard rust bucket? <br />If ever you could see how dysfunctional the public processes are with the NRC, it is through this. If the NRC knew what was best for our nation, they would have condemned the Vernon tie years ago and forced VY to get a DG replacement. The NRC looks totally ridicules with this treatment of my 2.206(s) on the Vernon tie.Mike Mulliganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06503388974475495672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-27373913826573739522012-08-06T12:40:38.187-04:002012-08-06T12:40:38.187-04:00Thank you for your comments, Mike. I think there&...Thank you for your comments, Mike. I think there's always something wrong with communication in large organizations! However, nuclear plants do a better-than-average job of internal communications, because they have to. <br /><br />Entergy has invested over $300 million in new equipment for Vermont Yankee. They are not "running it into the ground," no matter what the opponents say.Meredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-82075554745622564722012-08-05T09:47:04.593-04:002012-08-05T09:47:04.593-04:00Hmmm, but is Entergy a competent and safe manager ...Hmmm, but is Entergy a competent and safe manager of nuclear plants? Since the credibility of VY leaking off gas pipes we had Palisades being driven into the dirt. Is the controversial plants sucking money away from the good plant? <br /><br />I could make the case the economics are making the large nuclear plants owners run out of control. Maybe something is wrong with communications in large organizations?Mike Mulliganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06503388974475495672noreply@blogger.com