Tag: Nuclear Power
Canada’s renewable power generation continues to grow – NEB
Nuclear power supplied an average of 14.7% of electricity from 2005 to 2016, 2nd largest source of total generation Canada’s non-hydro renewable power capacity grew by more than eight per cent in 2016, adding nearly 1,300 megawatts (MW) of solar, biomass and wind-generated power, according to the National Energy Board’s update of the Canada’s Renewable Power Landscape […]
American electrical generation transformed by less demand, prices, renewables
Wind and solar have affected the amount of new power generation capacity and viability of some coal, nuclear plants According to the EIA, the combination of slower electricity demand growth, low natural gas prices, and policies that encourage renewables-sourced electricity generation is changing the type and the amount of generating capacity added each year. Capacity […]
Watts Bar, Tennessee nuclear plant granted operating licence
Watts Bar 1 and 2 to provide power to 1.3 million homes On Thursday, federal regulators granted an operating licence for Watts Bar Unit 2 in Tennessee, the first new nuclear reactor to begin operations in the US in nearly two decades. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission granted the operating licence for the Tennessee Valley […]
Pilgrim nuclear plant closes, New England expected to rely more on natural gas
Pilgrim nuclear plant to close by June, 2019 HARTFORD, Conn. – The impending retirement of Massachusetts’ only nuclear power plant could roil energy markets across New England, leading to greater reliance on natural gas, driving up carbon emissions and putting more pressure on pipelines already facing bottlenecks. Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, the only nuclear power plant in […]
Renewable energy: Solar has low capacity utilization, wind is higher
Of renewable energy technologies, nuclear electric generating plants exhibit least variability, solar most variability There is a difference between a country’s capacity to generate electricity and the utilization of that capacity, which varies widely across technologies and fuel types, according to a study by the US Energy Information Administration. Renewable electricity generating plants depend on available […]
Radioactive waste handling violations at federal lab big problem for New Mexico
Problems related to handling radioactive waste stream resulted in radiation leak An extensive review at one of the nation’s premier federal laboratories has turned up violations in how the lab handled hundreds of containers of radioactive waste over the past decade. The latest revelations are on top of the permit violations Los Alamos National Laboratory first […]
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