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Howdy neighbor, from a customer of Tennessee Valley Authority (primary generators are hydro and nuclear, with natgas peakers). For some reason TVA keeps buildi
by ProllyInfamous 10mo ago
Howdy neighbor, from a customer of Tennessee Valley Authority (primary generators are hydro and nuclear, with natgas peakers).
For some reason TVA keeps building new nuclear sites, never commissioning them, and then selling them at huge losses to private investors (or destroying them). Recently TVA got approval for µfission reactors to be installed... here we go again.
[•] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellefonte_Nuclear_Plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellefonte_Nuclear_Plant> $4B, estimated loss
Suggested (hopefully not Enron-esque) reading: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Failure-Rise-Fall-American/dp/0593084160/ https://www.amazon.com/Power-Failure-Rise-Fall-American/dp/0...