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Federal regulators have approved the renewal of the operating license for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, which will allow it to continue operating for 20 years.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said today it had authorized its staff to renew the license. The staff is expected to renew the license before it expires on June 8.

Entergy Corp., the Louisiana company that has run the plant since 1999, has sparked a raft of protests and lawsuits since it sought to renew its operating license.

Boston.com

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German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour—equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity—through the midday hours on Friday and Saturday, the head of a renewable energy think tank said.

The German government decided to abandon nuclear power after the Fukushima nuclear disaster last year, closing eight plants immediately and shutting down the remaining nine by 2022.


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as long as they can afford to pay Russia for the natural gas that they'll be using in place of those nukes.

There is an antiscientific streak that runs through part of European politics, from the movement to ban genetically modified crops to the antinuclear power groups. The 22 Gw of power put out by solar installations in the noonday sun probably correspond to a 24 hour average of maybe 4 or 6 Gw, and it doesn't contribute to baseline requirements at night, nor does it contribute nearly as much in the winter.

I think that creating this level of solar capacity is admirable, as every bit helps, but closing uraniaum plants and replacing the power with fossil fuel plants adds to the carbon dioxide load on the earth's atmosphere, something devoutly to be avoided.

Green party. Heavily sponsored by the Soviets to destabilize Western Europe. Still
Working away.

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Green party. Heavily sponsored by the Soviets to destabilize Western Europe. Still
Working away.

Is that true? I've never heard the were Soviet stooges. By Soviet, I think you mean Russian?

Either way, it's embarrassing that Germany, a country not much bigger than New Mexico, generates more solar electricity than the entire united United States.

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Green party. Heavily sponsored by the Soviets to destabilize Western Europe. Still
Working away.

Citation please.

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Sorry.. no citation, an aside comment to me from a retired Lt. Col back in the cold war days of the early 1980's who then said "Uh.. you didn't hear that". And I meant the Soviets.. not the Russians. The USSR GRU and KGB were masters at agit-prop and supporting groups designed to destabilize their enemies. The US tried, but we were not as good at it, and our operations kept getting 'outed' by our own press.

The Russians, of course, still have the files and are quite capable of blackmailing people into doing what they want. Which is buy their natural gas, etc...

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Sorry.. no citation, an aside comment to me from a retired Lt. Col back in the cold war days of the early 1980's

Did he only drink grain alcohol & rainwater?

Lux.. no... he was probably the best boss I've ever had in my life. Did three tours in Vietnam starting as an LT and ending as a Capt. Did a couple of Pentagon tours where he worked with all the spooky plans and methods. A very rational and intelligent person... had an MS in Electrical Engineering and an MBA.

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Lux.. no... he was probably the best boss I've ever had in my life. Did three tours in Vietnam starting as an LT and ending as a Capt. Did a couple of Pentagon tours where he worked with all the spooky plans and methods. A very rational and intelligent person... had an MS in Electrical Engineering and an MBA.

You have propped up his reputation admirably, cbelt3, and i've no doubt he was a great guy.

A reliable source on international affairs? Maybe not so much. Never trust what a spook says right before he says 'you didn't hear that.' Either he's a good spook and he's propagandizing you, or he's a crappy spook and has just undermined himself by slipping up.

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Lux.. no... he was probably the best boss I've ever had in my life. Did three tours in Vietnam starting as an LT and ending as a Capt. Did a couple of Pentagon tours where he worked with all the spooky plans and methods. A very rational and intelligent person... had an MS in Electrical Engineering and an MBA.

You have propped up his reputation admirably, cbelt3, and i've no doubt he was a great guy.

A reliable source on international affairs? Maybe not so much. Never trust what a spook says right before he says 'you didn't hear that.' Either he's a good spook and he's propagandizing you, or he's a crappy spook and has just undermined himself by slipping up.

I wouldn't be so sure. We all know that no educated, thoughtful individual would willingly support Green Party ideals of their own free will, so it makes sense that there's some evil puppetmaster behind the scenes pulling the strings.

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