'Significant cost barriers': NB Power questions viability of Atlantic Loop project - New Brunswick
The utility's latest strategic report says there may be other more efficient and cost-effective ways of greening the province's grid.
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The utility's latest strategic report says there may be other more efficient and cost-effective ways of greening the province's grid.
N.B. Power is continuing to grapple with major uncertainty as it lays out its plan to decarbonize its electricity grid in time for a 2035 deadline.
Georgia Power said its new Plant Vogtle Unit 3 nuclear power unit, the first constructed in the United States in three decades, has started commercial operations.
Unlike in most other reactors, where the coolant is water, in these reactors the coolant is sodium based, which has challenging chemical features. Other challenges include activated corrosion products in the sodium due to its chemical reactivity and the consequences of leakage during the operation of some reactors. By Susan O’Donnell & Kerrie Blaise July 26th 2023 As https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/07/26/opinion/new-brunswick-experimental-nuclear-reactor-federal-assessment? On…
N.B. Power customers could face additional surcharges on their electricity next spring after the utility wracked up tens of millions of dollars in losses last year.