{"id":35942,"date":"2018-07-13T06:18:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T11:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=35942"},"modified":"2018-07-13T06:18:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T11:18:00","slug":"us-asleep-at-the-wheel-as-nuclear-industry-faces-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=35942","title":{"rendered":"US &#8220;Asleep At The Wheel&#8221; \u2013 As Nuclear Industry Faces Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-07-11\/us-asleep-wheel-nuclear-industry-faces-collapse\">US &#8220;Asleep At The Wheel&#8221; \u2013 As Nuclear Industry Faces Collapse<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1219\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1219\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_default_style\" data-a2a-icon-color=\"#222\">\n<div>A new,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/early\/2018\/06\/26\/1804655115\">shocking report<\/a>\u00a0by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University\u2019s Department of Engineering and Public Policy (EPP), Harvard University, and the University of California San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy discovered that <strong>the US nuclear power industry could be on the verge of a collapse \u2014 a reality that many have yet to realize.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/TSA_collapsing_towers-1.jpg?itok=CK8DI65d\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/TSA_collapsing_towers-1.jpg?itok=CK8DI65d\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/TSA_collapsing_towers-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/TSA_collapsing_towers-1.jpg?itok=CK8DI65d 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"25bbc600-4665-4a6a-ae42-f401bd17e212\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), \u201c<em>US nuclear power: The vanishing low-carbon wedge<\/em>\u201d examined 99 nuclear power reactors in 30 states, operated by 30 different power companies. As of 2017, there are two new reactors under construction, but 34 reactors have been permanently shut down as many plants reach the end of their lifespan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/power-reactors-operating-600x449.png?itok=hon_h0M3\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/power-reactors-operating-600x449.png?itok=hon_h0M3\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/power-reactors-operating-600x449.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/power-reactors-operating-600x449.png?itok=hon_h0M3 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"f9207144-41ca-47c7-a7dd-6f226b837d39\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ucsdnews.ucsd.edu\/pressrelease\/u.s._nuclear_power_the_vanishing_low_carbon_wedge\">We\u2019re asleep at the wheel on a very dangerous highway<\/a>,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>said Ahmed Abdulla, co-author and fellow at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego. \u201c<em><strong>We really need to open our eyes and study the situation<\/strong><\/em>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For more than three decades, approximately 20 percent of U.S. power generation has come from light water nuclear reactors (LWRs). These plants are now aging, and the cost to service or upgrade them along with fierce competition from Trump\u2019s economic order to prop up failing coal and heavily indebted shale oil\/gas companies make nuclear power less competitive in today\u2019s power markets.<\/p>\n<p>In return, the American shale boom\u00a0<strong>could trigger a significant number of US nuclear power plant closures in the years ahead<\/strong>, the researchers warned. The country is now at a critical crossroad that it must abandon nuclear power altogether or embrace the next generation of miniature, more cost-effective reactors.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers noted that small modular reactors might play a significant role in US energy markets in the next few decades. This new design would effectively swap out the current aging,<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US &#8220;Asleep At The Wheel&#8221; \u2013 As Nuclear Industry Faces Collapse A new,\u00a0shocking report\u00a0by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University\u2019s Department of Engineering and Public Policy (EPP), Harvard University, and the University of California San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy discovered that the US nuclear power industry could be on the verge of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[20885,579,4318],"class_list":["post-35942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy-2","tag-carnegie-mellon-university","tag-nuclear-power","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35942"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35943,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35942\/revisions\/35943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}