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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (73)	8/29/2002 9:25:22 PM
From: Jeremy G. Browning	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 312

If you’re concerned about a potential energy crisis then you’ll want to sign this petition. Additionally, if you own a utility stock with Nuc’s in it’s fleet then this is important to you. Linc is at the bottom. Please help! I hate to be a spammer but there's a bad breeze blowing in the North East. Our company (Entergy) bought a couple of plants in New York and has significantly improved the performance of the facilities. I have personally visited these facilities and have friends that have relocated from Arkansas to the New York Plants. These personal acquaintances are individuals that would not hesitate to shutdown the plants if there were any significant safety issues. The Anti-Nuc’s are seeing rebirth in the Nuclear Industry and specifically in these plants after thinking they had run them and the Nuclear Industry into the ground. They have decided to attack in force. I’m soliciting people to sign an electronic petition. The first article in below is from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. This is an independent federal organization established to keep an eye on the Nuclear Industry. They recognize the improvements that Entergy has made. Read on and please go to the bottom and click on the link. It will take you to the petition. If these individuals are successful in winning the politicians support they could cause a situation similar to the one that occurred a few years ago in California. Additionally, this could lead to a chain reaction that will lead to an inevitable energy crisis. Please forward this information to anyone that may be willing to support. 8/29/02 - Improvements at Indian Point Draw Praise from the NRC The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is announcing today that it is lifting the "red" finding on Indian Point 2, effective Sept. 30. The red designation was placed on the plant in February 2000, when it still was owned by Consolidated Edison. In a letter to Entergy Nuclear Northeast Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Mike Kansler, the NRC said the agency has "determined that Indian Point 2 has operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and that substantial progress has been made at the station. Significant additional resources have been committed by Entergy to improvement initiatives. New plant management (Entergy) has brought higher performance standards and levels of accountability to the station. Performance indicators...have shown overall positive results. For example, corrective maintenance backlogs, operator work-arounds and control room deficiencies have been reduced substantially. Human error rates have decreased. The multi-year efforts to improve engineering and configuration control documentation have resulted in needed improvements, and these efforts continue." The NRC said that notwithstanding its lifting of the "red" finding, oversight of IP2 "will remain above the NRC baseline program." In response to the NRC's announcement, Kansler noted, "We have spent considerable resources, both personnel and dollars, upgrading equipment, improving our work processes, and training our workers since we purchased IP2. It's important for us and the community that the NRC has seen the progress we have made in making IP2 a safer and better performing plant. "But we're not going to rest on our laurels. We still have a way to go, and we won't stop improving until IP2, like our other plants, is among the best in the country." The Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York has the great misfortune of being located near a lot of vocal, well-connected people that aren't comfortable with its presence. Indian Point produces a lot of electricity safely and reliably, and has been doing so for many years. In an effort to reach a goal of 20,000 signatures, the employees at the Indian Point Energy Center are asking their nuclear power peers to support this NPP by signing a petition to Governor Pataki of NY to keep Indian Point open. The petition currently has around 8000 signatures, so there is a long way to go to reach their goal by Sept. 9! The link to sign the petition is: petitiononline.com

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (73)	1/3/2003 9:55:48 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 312

New Solar Tower Technology planned in Australia: news.independent.co.uk Tallest tower in the world planned for the Outback By Paul Peachey 04 January 2003 A power company plans to build a 1,000m-high (3,280ft) solar tower in the outback of Australia that would dwarf the world's tallest structures. The tower, as wide as a football pitch and set in the centre of a glass dish 4 miles across, would cost A$1bn (£350m) to build as part of a global drive to use more renewable energy. If completed as planned in 2006, the tower in New South Wales would be more than twice the height of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, which stand at 452m. Currently, the tallest free-standing structure is the Canadian National Tower in Toronto, at 553m. The project is backed by the government. The company behind it, EnviroMission, hopes the 200MW solar tower will provide enough power to supply 200,000 homes a year. The sun heats air under the glass and as the hot air rises an updraft is created in the tower that allows air to be sucked through 32 turbines, which generate power. Roger Davey, chief executive officer of EnviroMission, said: "Initially people told me 'you're a dreamer'. But now we have got to the point where it's not if it can be built, but when." ******************* Interesting technology, but at $1 Billion to provide power to 200,000 homes puts it at $5,000 per home to build.. Not sure if that equates to the efficiency of nuclear power, especially when it taken into account that the sun only shines 12 hours a day... For more info: enviromission.com.au Hawk