"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 02:26:36 -0500, "Montblack"
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First: STOP trying to replace the Hoover Dam with each Nuclear Power plant
built!

Nuke plants have a finite life of about 25 years, unlike the Hoover
Dam which was built in the early '30s. (still operating after 70
years).


You're nuts.

I only had to look at the nearest nuke plants to prove that wrong. Arkansas
Nuclear One was built in 1974 and its license is good until 2034. That's 60
years of which they've already used 31. Unit Two was activated in 1980, 25
years ago and it's license is good until 2018 that's 18 years.

This is also a good example of how regulation has killed the industry two
almost identical plants were built side by side. the one activated under
1976 law has a 60 year license. The one activated in 1980 only has a 38 year
license. You can't tell me that they learned something that would cause the
reduction that was a real problem and not reduce the length of the older
license.

Unit 1
Unit
2

Owner:
Entergy Arkansas, Inc.
Entergy Arkansas, Inc.

Reactor Type:
Pressurized Water Reactor
Pressurized Water Reactor

Reactor Manufacturer:
Babcock and Wilcox
Combustion Engineering

Turbine Generator Manufacturer:
Westinghouse
General Electric

Architect/Engineer:
Bechtel Power
Bechtel Power

Commercial Operation Date:
December 1974
March 1980

Maximum Dependable Capacity:
836 MW
858 MW

License Expiration Date:
5/20/34
7/17/18