Category Archives: Decommissioning
Vending Machine analogy helps explain Fast Molten Salt Reactor
http://blogs.forbes.com/kirksorensen/2011/07/29/waste-digester-2/
Kirk Sorensen has recently contributed a couple of posts to the Blogs at Forbes Magazine.
This is his part two of A Simplified Nuclear “Waste” Digester
For Sale: Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
UPDATE: Not sure if it’s too late but for full background on the foolishness behind the shutdown read
EnergyFromThorium discussion on Vermont Yankee Shutdown
This article discusses how some nuclear shutdowns are too costly and undesirable to look after.
But I see this as a big maybe for a Generation IV Nuclear makeover. But how much will it cost to convert or clean up? 180 million could mean that this is a potential shortcut to getting new licencing for a LFTR.
Is nuclear power facing a reversal of fortune?
TUESDAY, 16 NOVEMBER 2010 14:03
BY ROGER WITHERSPOONANALYSIS
Entergy Corporation’s low key announcement might well have been posted on Craig’s List:
For Sale: Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
Used, unpredictable radioactive leaks, poorly run, financially indebted, locally unpopular, politically shunned and currently not working. $180 Million — Or Best Offer.
ThoriumMSR 
