GBlist: 800,000 pounds of uranium every 18 months

[Ron Byrd <byrdelc@directcon.net>]

" Each of the three units
are reloaded with 800,000 pounds of uranium every 18 months"

Wow that is a lot of uranium, 1.6 million pounds of uranium per year. I wonder where they get all that junk and where they put it when they are finished? They do point out that the plant is a zero emissions facility, is this a great country or what.

It is rather interesting how nuclear power is portrayed to the public. I found this information on a web site for an Arizona muni-power company.

                           Description: Uranium-fueled, steam-electric nuclear generating station.
                           Palo Verde is a pressurized water reactor.
                           Capacity: 3,810 megawatts from three 1,270 MW units.

                           Fuel source: Enriched uranium fabricated by Combustion Engineering of
                           Windsor, Conn.

                           Uranium consumption: Each of the three units are reloaded with 800,000
                           pounds of uranium every 18 months. The three units use a combined average of
                           1.6 million pounds of uranium per year.

                           Plant construction: Construction began in June 1976. Unit 1 was completed in
                           January 1986, Unit 2 in September 1986, and Unit 3 in January 1988.

                           Construction costs: $4.7 billion for construction and $1.2 billion for
                           pre-operational and startup testing, for a total of $5.9 billion.

                           Environmental controls cost: According to a state of Arizona study, 22% of the
                           facility's cost is environment-related.

                           Emissions from the plant: Palo Verde is a zero-emissions facility.
 

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