tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post1823523924386224693..comments2023-04-07T05:19:44.951-04:00Comments on Yes Vermont Yankee: Defending SAFSTOR planning at Vermont YankeeMeredith Angwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-65603341010711001892014-03-07T10:58:27.652-05:002014-03-07T10:58:27.652-05:00There are no good reasons for the plant to shutdow...There are no good reasons for the plant to shutdown. The generator was rebuilt on 2004 and reinspected just a year ago. A new turbine rotor was installed 10 years ago too. This misinformed notion that the plant is 40 years old and falling apart is insane. Entergy has spent millions in upgrading the plant and replacing major pieces of equipment. The plant would not operate so well if it was not properly cared for.<br /><br />Discuss the real facts on the economics and the corrupt state government that passes unconstitutional laws to promote subsidized renewable prices at 4 times the price of VY power for windmills and solar panels built by the Governor's buddies. Or the collusion for the foreign government take over of the state utilities (gas metro).<br /><br />What about the whole PSB farce. A board of experts to determine what is technically accurate and make an informed decision on its merits aside from political rhetoric ands misinformed opinion of the part time legislature. If so, then why did the state pass a law to prevent the PSB from ruling? Maybe it was afraid they would rule in favor of VY.<br /><br />I personal look forward to leaving the God forsaken socialist republic of Vermont, and taking the considerable amount of taxes I pay to the State of Vermont with me, because apparently they don't seem to want them.<br /><br />Lets push the well paying jobs and highly skilled workers out of the State to make room for some more heroin dealers, which seems to be a business that Vermont is friendly to. Maybe if the governor taxed them like he taxes VY, he could drive them out of the state too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-37732771730202003052014-02-25T11:32:16.052-05:002014-02-25T11:32:16.052-05:00The buildings are inside the security fence with t...The buildings are inside the security fence with the Dry Casks, and it all will remain guarded.Howard Shaffernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-81581619153738877472014-02-25T08:55:56.759-05:002014-02-25T08:55:56.759-05:00It's a BWR, so there is likely low-level conta...It's a BWR, so there is likely low-level contamination in the steam turbines. The generator may be okay. The hell of it is, there really is nothing wrong with the whole danged plant, so why should they throw ANY of it away? Just use it in place. Why bother to take things out and use them elsewhere when they are perfectly useable where they are? That's what makes the whole thing so tragically farcical. I doubt if site security will allow squatters and drug dealers anywhere near anything. Security is going to be around for however long there is used fuel on the site, including dry storage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-37180632398732712512014-02-25T00:16:25.890-05:002014-02-25T00:16:25.890-05:00Actually, I think some of the outbuildings will be...Actually, I think some of the outbuildings will be removed sooner rather than later. I don't know how it is in Vermont but where I live, we have a problem with abandoned buildings that decay, attract squatters and drug users and if not that, catch on fire and breed rats and vermin. There could also be some asbestos and lead that can be taken care of now (VY facilities might be just old enough for that to be an issue). It is also possible that some parts of VY could be used at other Entergy facilities. Meanwhile, what will happen to the turbogenerator, which must be worth a lot of money - is that just going to be wasted?Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908138135691152544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-56168614746880112352014-02-24T12:26:56.998-05:002014-02-24T12:26:56.998-05:00Regarding the canard of "keeping people at th...Regarding the canard of "keeping people at the plant working", of all the dozens of people I know in both engineering and operations, maybe two or three are being retained. The rest (including me) are getting the boot. Why? There is nothing to engineer in a shutdown plant. It's all demolition. Nothing being built or improved. There is nothing to operate in a shutdown plant. A few are kept for maintenance, and certainly some security people are kept on. A few for fuel transfer and the like (temporarily). All of the support staff get the gate, people like secretaries, administrative assistants, purchasing agents, etc. Nothing for most of them to do, either. A shutdown plant is basically like a morgue or funeral home. <br /><br />Nobody at an operational plant does decommissioning. That is done by outsiders with experience in that area. It is a specialized skill set that operational plant personnel generally don't have. And most people working at a power plant won't do that kind of work anyway. It is the most miserable work you can imagine. You are literally working yourself out of a job, digging your own grave from a professional viewpoint. No one who has spent their career building or operating things wants to go from that to wrecking what they have built. I know of no operator who wants to go from operating a nuclear plant to operating a jackhammer or driving a dump truck (at half the pay to boot). Even if you stayed on and did that work, where do you go when the job is done? Once the last of the fuel is transferred, where does the person doing that work go? Unemployment, that's where.<br /><br />The only "assistance" I have gotten is to be told to apply for unemployment (what is that, like $500 a week?) and put my kids on SNAP. No jobs for power plant workers in Vermont. Seabrook is too far away to drive to (anyone here up for a 220 mile commute every day?). Anyone here happy to tear up the roots their kids have planted growing up to be a junior and senior in high school? Does anyone look forward to losing everything they own because they can no longer afford to pay the mortgage?<br /><br />Vtdigger requires real names and I won't do that because I need to protect myself and my family from harassment. My "concerned" fellow citizens have given me enough grief because of the work I do, so I am spilling this here. Sorry for bending everyone's ear, but few seem to care about the human cost of the political agenda of others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com