I'm glad to see the pro nuclear arguments are finally beginning to gain just a little bit of traction. Unfortunately, it may be too little to late.
They finally finished the 2 year shut down of the Palisades nuclear plant here in Michigan. We've lost 800 megawatts on our grid just as we're now hearing demand in the great lakes region is expected to climb this summer and there's nothing to make up the shortfall. So, expect possible planned outages during peak demands. Im taking it with a grain of salt, but if we have to deal with possible outages this year I'm done. Someone else can buy the place and try to make it work through the next swath of crises.
The State realized we have quite a problem and tried getting the company to reverse it's shutdown. Again, too little too late. Shutdown was a 2 year process. You don't just turn the switch back on. Perhaps they would have changed their minds if nuclear power received the same subsidies that "green" and natural gas energy enjoys. Of course, after warnings of possible energy shortages (well before 2022) after the closures of a few coal/gas and now the nuclear plant the state just says "we'll buy it from somewhere else" when we need it.
They finally finished the 2 year shut down of the Palisades nuclear plant here in Michigan. We've lost 800 megawatts on our grid just as we're now hearing demand in the great lakes region is expected to climb this summer and there's nothing to make up the shortfall. So, expect possible planned outages during peak demands. Im taking it with a grain of salt, but if we have to deal with possible outages this year I'm done. Someone else can buy the place and try to make it work through the next swath of crises.
The State realized we have quite a problem and tried getting the company to reverse it's shutdown. Again, too little too late. Shutdown was a 2 year process. You don't just turn the switch back on. Perhaps they would have changed their minds if nuclear power received the same subsidies that "green" and natural gas energy enjoys. Of course, after warnings of possible energy shortages (well before 2022) after the closures of a few coal/gas and now the nuclear plant the state just says "we'll buy it from somewhere else" when we need it.
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