Exelon operates six nuclear power plants in the state of Illinois. In the last ten years, Exelon has made a profit of more than twenty one billion dollars from their nuclear power plants. Exelon brags about providing ninety percent of Illinois "clean" energy from nuclear power.
Exelon operates six nuclear power plants in the state of Illinois. In the last ten years, Exelon has made a profit of more than twenty one billion dollars from their nuclear power plants. Exelon brags about providing ninety percent of Illinois "clean" energy from nuclear power.
A week ago, French environmental activists led by Greenpeace broke into the oldest nuclear power plant in France and occupied parts of the plant. The plant is located near Fessenheim which is on the border between France and Germany in the Alsace region. The plant has been operating for thirty seven years, seven years beyond the original licensed lifespan of the plant. This plant has had a series of nuclear and mechanical accidents, and is located on a known geological fault.
Recently I blogged about the conflict between the State of Washington and the Federal Government with respect to the cleanup of the horribly polluted Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Decades of development and manufacture of U.S. nuclear weapons at the Reservation have left behind a variety of radioactive contamination.
Earlier this week, leaders from nuclear nations met for the Nuclear Security Summit at the World Forum in the Hague, Netherlands to discuss ways to reduce the global threat of nuclear terrorism. Three such meetings have been held since 2010 organized by the United States.
In previous blogs, I have discussed the fact that a few nations are hoping to make nuclear technology and fuel exports a major source of revenue. France, Russia, South Korea, Japan and the United States are involved in this competition to bring their nuclear products to the nuclear market.
