#GrandGulfNuclearStation, troubled #NuclearPlant, reemerges as hot topic as electric bills soar
Latest outage at #Entergy property comes as regulators press dispute over performance
By SAM KARLIN and MATT SLEDGE | Staff writers Aug 7, 2022
"For years, regulators in #Louisiana, #Mississippi and #Arkansas have fought to force #EntergyCorp to pay refunds for alleged #mismanagement and problematic #bookkeeping at its massive #GrandGulfNuclearPowerStation, in #PortGibsonMississippi.
"Grand Gulf has now been offline for more than three weeks. It’s the latest in a series of outages at the plant, where unreliability has been a central gripe of regulators. The shutdown is forcing the utility to buy expensive natural gas to make up for the lost power generation, squeezing customers who are already facing skyrocketing bills - and adding another layer to the long-running dispute over Entergy’s alleged mismanagement of the power plant.
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"The latest litigation, which began last year, centers around outages at the plant; the Grand Gulf was the least reliable nuclear plant in the U.S. from 2018 to 2020, according to figures compiled by the Nuclear Energy Institute [#NEI]."
#RethinkNotRestart #WaterIsLife #GrandGulfNuclearPlant #TroubledNuclearPlants #ClimateChange #SealLevelRise #AdvanceAct #NuclearPlants