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Ross Gelbspan
23 January 08

In US South, Drought Spooks the Nukes!

From Newsday.com: 

Nuclear reactors across the Southeast could be forced to throttle back or temporarily shut down later this year because drought is drying up the rivers and lakes that supply power plants with the awesome amounts of cooling water they need to operate.

Utility officials say such shutdowns probably wouldn't result in blackouts.

But they could lead to shockingly higher electric bills for millions of Southerners, because the region's utilities could be forced to buy expensive replacement power from other energy companies. Already, there has been one brief, drought-related shutdown, at a reactor in Alabama over the summer.
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You are spot on...

Tim Hurst - Wed, 2008-01-23 10:59

...with this one. As Joe Romm said, Water is the Achilles heel of nuclear. And it unfortunately does not appear as though drought-stricken areas are coming out of the drought any time soon.

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spooks the nukes

peter donegan - Thu, 2008-01-24 09:34

I say shut them all down anyway! we have the intelligence to live sustainably in this world - especially in the us.

'Utility officials say such shutdowns probably wouldn't result in blackouts.' Probably will or wont... probably will eventually

great blog my friend
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