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Slides on USA’s 14 nuclear power plants soon to be closed

14 U.S. Nuclear Plants Closing or at Risk—in Photographs and Text http://insideclimatenews.org/slideshow/14-us-nuclear-plants-closing-or-risk%E2%80%94-photographs-and-text

Four companies announced nuclear plant closures in 2013—representing the first shutdowns in 15 years, and an unprecedented single-year retrenchment for the U.S. nuclear industry. “Renaissance in Reverse,” a July 2013 report by Mark Cooper, highlighted at least ten nuclear plants that could be forced to close earlier than planned. Cooper, a senior fellow at the Vermont Law School’s Institute for Energy and the Environment, drew his conclusions in part from reports by Wall Street analysts. Cooper stopped short of predicting specific plant closures, but he noted that about ten are at greater risk for closure because of low power prices, rising costs and other woes.

(Read: First U.S. Nuclear Power Closures in 15 Years Signal Wider Problems for Industry)

Image: San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 2 and 3/Credit: Southern California Edison

September 30, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Resources -audiovicual