Nuclear Matinee: VC Summer Nuclear Construction Update
America's first new commercial nuclear energy reactors in 30 years are under construction at the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station in Fairfield County, South Carolina, and the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Burke County, Georgia.
The 157th Carnival of Nuclear Energy is up at the Hiroshima Syndrome - 
Vermont's Capitol building has a gold-painted domed roof. The media reports legislative activity somewhat derisively as taking place "under the golden dome."
It's time for the 156th edition of the Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers - a weekly compilation of the best pro-nuclear, English-language blogs and articles submitted by authors, editors and publishers. As was pointed out by Entreprenuclear, this 156th edition actually marks a milestone THREE YEAR anniversary for this popular feature. Congratulations to all of the steady contributors and hosts are in order on this important date. Now, let's get to it!
Shortly after 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, the operators at Dominion Resources' Kewaunee nuclear power plant opened its output breaker, disconnecting the turbine generator from the grid for the last time after just under 40 years of operation. Shutdown of the reactor followed, and the plant entered what for some is an uncertain (even if pre-ordained) future-a long-term storage period, followed eventually after many years by the complete dismantling and removal of the plant.
