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Governor Sherrill, NJ, Working to Keep Her Nuclear Promise. Cross post from E&E
It's rare that a candidate that I support in Democratic Primaries wins, (sorry Sam Wang CD12 candidate) but it actually happened with Governor Mikie Sherrill is such a case.
Gov. Sherrill, PSEG CEO talk N.J. nuclear expansion
New Jersey’s two nuclear power plants, Hope Creek and Salem, may be joined by other nuclear facilities after lawmakers lifted the state’s de facto moratorium on new nuclear construction.
Gov. Mikie Sherrill said state officials are eyeing sites for potential nuclear facilities. Executives at PSEG Nuclear—the operators of Hope Creek and Salem—welcome the news of the growing momentum for nuclear power in the state but cautioned it will take more than lifting a moratorium to make this feasible.
Expansion in New Jersey: Multiple news outlets have reported that New Jersey officials are looking at sites, including land near Salem nuclear plant. According to NJ.com, it is one of only six sites in the country preapproved for new nuclear power facilities. Sherrill told the news outlet it was “always anticipated we’d build another nuclear reactor down there.”
Salem is co-located with Hope Creek in Hancocks Bridge, N.J. Hope Creek is home to one 1,172-MWe boiling water reactor, while Salem houses two pressurized water reactors—the 1,146-MWe Unit 1 and the 1,139-MWe Unit 2. Combined, the facilities produce more than 40 percent of the state's electricity.
During PSEG’s first-quarter earnings call Tuesday, CEO Ralph LaRossa said PSEG is engaging in efforts to advance new nuclear development in the Hope Creek/Salem area, which features a completed port, access to a skilled workforce, and technical capabilities...
Gov. Mikie Sherrill said state officials are eyeing sites for potential nuclear facilities. Executives at PSEG Nuclear—the operators of Hope Creek and Salem—welcome the news of the growing momentum for nuclear power in the state but cautioned it will take more than lifting a moratorium to make this feasible.
Expansion in New Jersey: Multiple news outlets have reported that New Jersey officials are looking at sites, including land near Salem nuclear plant. According to NJ.com, it is one of only six sites in the country preapproved for new nuclear power facilities. Sherrill told the news outlet it was “always anticipated we’d build another nuclear reactor down there.”
Salem is co-located with Hope Creek in Hancocks Bridge, N.J. Hope Creek is home to one 1,172-MWe boiling water reactor, while Salem houses two pressurized water reactors—the 1,146-MWe Unit 1 and the 1,139-MWe Unit 2. Combined, the facilities produce more than 40 percent of the state's electricity.
During PSEG’s first-quarter earnings call Tuesday, CEO Ralph LaRossa said PSEG is engaging in efforts to advance new nuclear development in the Hope Creek/Salem area, which features a completed port, access to a skilled workforce, and technical capabilities...
With the closure of the Oyster Creek nuclear plant, electricity in New Jersey, got dirtier. We are part of the PSEG grid, which has heavy coal presence, and thus our electricity is unacceptably dirty. (An electric car on the PSEG grid is actually worse from a carbon intensity level than an internal combustion gasoline engine if embodied energy is included.)
We also have a fabulous inventory of used nuclear fuel, some it nicely aged, to benefit future generations. I do hope these resources will be fully utilized by future generations.