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Re: If the coal industry disappears ... [Duffy]
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Trieatalot wrote:
I understand why Diablo is shutting down due to it being on a major fault line, but why was San Onofre shut down and for that matter Rancho Seco?NIMBYs. It was only 14 years old, and less than 40% used...
http://www.energy-net.org/01NUKE/RSECOT.HTM
Reading about it, it was a POS. SMUD was losing money hand over fist
http://www.nytimes.com/...nuclear-reactor.html
"the troubled plant could not provide electricity at competitive cost."