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First Energy likely to soon close Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station

reactor-Davis-Besse-near-Lake-ErieFlag-USADavis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Could Soon be Closed or Sold by FirstEnergy , CleverScene,  on Thu, Dec 29, 2016 USA Today reports that the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station might soon be shuttered or sold by FirstEnergy Corp.

 FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones said in an industry conference that due to cheap energy sources like natural gas, and the state of Ohio’s unwillingness to set energy prices above market rate, operating some power plants is no longer profitable. Davis-Besse is one of several plant in Ohio and Pennsylvania potentially on the chopping block…….
Davis-Besse, which was Ohio’s first nuclear power plant, and has the generating capacity to power 1 million homes, also has a frightening history of structural deficiencies. It underwent a $600 million infrastructural overhaul in 2014.  http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/12/29/davis-besse-nuclear-power-station-could-soon-be-closed-or-sold-by-firstenergy

December 30, 2016 - Posted by | business and costs, USA

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