Nutty Neutron, When you say "old" you really mean OLD. That DBNPP pic is from '77-79 era. Note nothing to left of Turbine Bldg, and cars on the grass of old employee parking lot by the old Guard Shack.
Yep. I worked there from July 2005 to May 2015. It looked much different when I worked there than the picture on the website. DB has changed a lot since I left. The new EFW building was being built at the time that I surrendered my license and rode off into the sunset. The new EFW bulding was put in place where the old PWST used to sit.
I was reading about an Options Gambling firm called optionssellers.com that recently lost ALL their client's money plus more due to a bad bet on natural gas. Gas prices are up by 60% since August. I then did some radcon math with gas turbines, natural gas prices and the fuel cost per MW-HR.
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/html/epa_08_04.htmlA rough formula for the fuel cost per MW-hr of electricity from a gas turbine is f(x)= 6.45*X+16 where X is the current natural gas prices in $ per mmBtu. This is a rough estimate. If anyone else can improve on it, please go for it.
I wonder at what point will high gas prices make the nukes look good again?