The Nuclear Renaissance

[Wydryd99]

Blue, I know your profile picture.  I think I know you from the Stennis.


Grant

[HydroDave63]

I'm a Navy Nuke and I'd like to ask one of the Civilian guys a question.  Specifically the one's who were talking smack (in a funny way) about our plants. 

Uh...as if we "civilians" hadn't operated P-type and the nuclear Navy before you arrived (or were born?) 

[Preciousblue1965]

Blue, I know your profile picture.  I think I know you from the Stennis.


Grant

Ah yes you do.  I was a dirty piper mechanic. 

[Wydryd99]

My comment was directed to some discussion several pages back about using a nnpp as a startup source.  Just poking fun back.  No animosity at all from this side.

[JustinHEMI05]

As ridiculously easy as it was to operate a NNPP plant, I have to admit, it was a ton of fun. Purposely putting the plant through transients and casualties.... eh I am being sentimental. Now I have to pretend. Someone here once said commercial plants are like big ol freight trains while NNPP plants are like Ferrari's. I now know just how true that is. 

Justin

[GLW]

So, I'm gonna post this in three places because something has happened which has not happened since nukeworker.com was launched on the internet,...

An operating license has been granted to a commercial nuclear power plant in the US of A.

So, here's a quick set of numbers to let sink in,....

Licensed and Shuttered Synopsis                  
                  
Licensed in 1950's      3       Shuttered in 1950's   0      
Licensed in 1960's      19      Shuttered in 1960's   7      
Licensed in 1970's      59      Shuttered in 1970's   7      
Licensed in 1980's      47      Shuttered in 1980's   6      
Licensed in 1990's      5       Shuttered in 1990's   9      
Licensed in 2000's      0       Shuttered in 2000's   0      
Licensed in 2010's      1       Shuttered in 2010's   5