Nuking the anti-nuke crowd

[rangerrebew]

Nuking the anti-nuke crowd
By Duggan Flanakin |December 17th, 2020|Energy|31 Comments

How has the Trump Administration fared in meeting the multiple challenges that have slowed the growth of nuclear energy in the U.S. to a near-halt? And what are the prospects for nuclear energy in a Biden-Harris Administration?

It is now seventy-five years since the U.S. ended the war against Japan by dropping nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (both currently thriving). Eight years later, President Eisenhower, in his world-famous “Atoms for Peace” speech before the United Nations, invited citizens to the debate over using nuclear science and technology for power generation.

President Kennedy switched the nation’s attention from nuclear to the space program, but beginning in the Nixon Administration (and augmented following the 1973 oil embargo) through the Three Mile Island incident in 1979, the U.S. authorized most of the 99 nuclear reactors at 61 plants still operating in 2017.* As President Trump came to office, the Aspen Institute issued a report asserting, “Nuclear power in the U.S. is at a moment of existential crisis. If the present challenges are not addressed, then the future of nuclear energy may be far less promising and superior U.S. nuclear expertise diminished.”

https://www.cfact.org/2020/12/17/nuking-the-anti-nuke-crowd/

[Fishrrman]

Nuclear power is a non-starter and will remain so into the near future.
Fukushima took care of that.

I doubt any person reading this post in December 2020 will see a new plant begin construction in his/her lifetime.

[GtHawk]

Nuclear power is a non-starter and will remain so into the near future.
Fukushima took care of that.

I doubt any person reading this post in December 2020 will see a new plant begin construction in his/her lifetime.

Well certainly Vogtle 3 and four under construction in Georgia are the last scheduled for the U.S. as of now but as far as the rest of the world?

https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/plans-for-new-reactors-worldwide.aspx

Start †                                 Reactor            Model   Gross MWe
2020   China, China Huaneng   Shidaowan   HTR-PM            211
2020   India, NPCIL                   Kakrapar 3   PHWR-700        700
2020   Slovakia, SE                   Mochovce 3   VVER-440            471
                     
2021   Argentina, CNEA           Carem           Carem25             29
2021   Belarus, BNPP                   Ostrovets 2   VVER-1200        1194
2021   China, CNNC                   Fuqing 6           Hualong One   1150
2021   China, CGN                   Hongyanhe 5   ACPR-1000   1119
2021   China, CNNC                   Tianwan 6           ACPR-1000   1118
2021   Finland, TVO                   Olkiluoto 3     EPR                   1720
2021   India, Bhavini                   Kalpakkam PFBR  FBR             500
2021   India, NPCIL                   Kakrapar 4   PHWR-700             700
2021   Korea, KHNP                   Shin Hanul 1   APR1400           1400
2021   Pakistan                       Karachi/KANUPP 2   ACP1000           1161
2021   Slovakia, SE                   Mochovce 4   VVER-440             471
2021   UAE, ENEC                   Barakah 2           APR1400           1400
2021   USA, Southern                   Vogtle 3           AP1000           1250
                
2022   China, CGN               Fangchenggang 3   Hualong One   1180
2022   China, CGN               Fangchenggang 4   Hualong One   1180
2022   China, CGN                  Hongyanhe 6   ACPR-1000   1119
2022   India, NPCIL                  Rajasthan 7   PHWR-700             700
2022   Korea, KHNP                  Shin Hanul 2   APR1400           1400
2022   Pakistan                       Karachi/KANUPP 3   ACP1000           1161
2022   Russia, Rosenergoatom   Kursk II-1           VVER-TOI           1255
2022   UAE, ENEC                   Barakah 3           APR1400           1400
2022   USA, Southern                   Vogtle 4           AP1000           1250
                
2023   Bangladesh                   Rooppur 1           VVER-1200   1200
2023   China, CNNC                   Xiapu 1           CFR600             600
2023   France, EDF                   Flamanville 3   EPR                   1650
2023   India, NPCIL                   Kudankulam 3   VVER-1000   1000
2023   India, NPCIL                   Kudankulam 4   VVER-1000   1000
2023   India, NPCIL                   Rajasthan 8   PHWR-700             700
2023   Korea, KHNP                   Shin Kori 5   APR1400           1400
2023   Russia, Rosenergoatom   Kursk II-2       VVER-TOI           1255
2023   Turkey                           Akkuyu 1           VVER-1200   1200
2023   UAE, ENEC                   Barakah 4           APR1400           1400
                
2024   Bangladesh                   Rooppur 2           VVER-1200   1200
2024   China, SPIC & Huaneng   Shidaowan 1   CAP1400           1500
2024   China, Guodian & CNNC   Zhangzhou 1   Hualong One   1212
2024   Iran                                   Bushehr 2           VVER-1000   1057
2024   Korea, KHNP                   Shin Kori 6   APR1400   1400
2024   Turkey                           Akkuyu 2           VVER-1200   1200
                
2025   China, SPIC & Huaneng   Shidaowan 2   CAP1400           1500
2025   China, CGN                   Taipingling 1   Hualong One   1200
2025   China, Guodian & CNNC   Zhangzhou 2   Hualong One   1212
2025   UK, EDF                         Hinkley Point C1   EPR                   1720
                
2026   China, CGN                   Taipingling 2   Hualong One   1202
2026   UK, EDF                         Hinkley Point C2   EPR                   1720