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Vistra in Line for $4.2B DOE Loan Package to Uprate Nuclear Plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of just now
63 distinct posts / 48h, matching Plants 46 Line 7 Ohio 4 Pennsylvania 4 Vistra 3
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10h ago The US DoE has announced a conditional loan commitment of up to USD4.2 billion to finance uprates and modernisation projects at Vistra Corp's nuclear power plants. #Nuclear #News https://www.worl… ×3 +6.0
18h ago DOE announced a conditional loan commitment of up to $4.2B for upgrades at Vistra's Beaver Valley, Davis-Besse and Perry nuclear plants, which DOE says would add 433 MW. Vistra must meet DOE's cond… ×3 +3.5
18h ago This Week in Power, week of Oct. 5: Google and Constellation announce 890 MW of nuclear upgrades, DOE offers Vistra a conditional loan of up to $4.2B, and MISO asks FERC to speed up a 71 GW queue s… ×2 +4.0
6h ago I'm quite interested by all the people on here that want to replace my parties leader with someone who is completely against nuclear power a massive red line for so many non-greens I meet because o… -1.5
7h ago @indivisible.org This is the flat abandonment of our ally 🇺🇦; the grift of an American president; the betrayal of all presidents & Americans who held the line during the cold war against a communi… -9.0
1d ago I'd like to know who received the $22billion which is the over run on the Ontario line? I'd like to know why Ford has squandered $35 billion on electricity rebates which could have been invested … -4.5
1d ago Since Ford became Premiere he has spent $35 billion on the electricity rebate to hide the real cost. If that money had been invested in heat pumps electricity consumption would be much lower with n… -7.0
1d ago and why would we draw the line on nukes with Iran when other equally hostile countries already have them? -4.0
1d ago His red line was the use of nuclear weapons! Yikes! -5.5
1d ago The fucking president of the United States said it would be great to nuke LA and San Diego as an applause line. Now he is tearing it daily to try and walk it back by normalizing it. It is an impeac… -9.0
11h ago www.reuters.com/legal/govern... Trump unveils $200 billion South Korean US investment plan $54 billion would support pipeline for Alaska LNG project, but Seoul says investment decision not yet f… ×2 +3.0
1d ago Permitting Reform's Battle Lines Are Taking Shape ->Heatmap News | More on "Nuclear power uprate expansion deals" at BigEarthData.ai +1.5
54m ago “Nuclear&fossil-fuel thermal power plants share a disadvantage:they first produce heat,then convert it into electricity,losing substantial energy Solar photovoltaics and wind turbines avoid heat-en… +2.0
56m ago Did you know there are 4 active nuclear power plants in Ukraine? One of them is in a cool down mode but, no, that's not Chernobyl. Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) - Ukraine: Current status of nuclear… +1.0
59m ago Trump says China doesn't have wind turbines. They have 337,000, generating over 600 gigawatts. That's the equivalent of 500 nuclear power plants. +1.5
1h ago Washington and Brussels seek to oust Russia from international nuclear energy markets and are attempting to stall its projects. However, European nuclear power plants cannot operate without Russian… -2.0
2h ago Dinna fash yirsel Billy, we’ll be getting Data Centres and mini-nuclear plants soon! 🤬 -3.5
2h ago (But long-term, what we need worldwide is to get rid of all petrol cars and coal/oil/gas power plants in favor of renewable energy (cheapest form, Nuclear is more expensive but good alternative as … +2.0
2h ago The best place to build new nuclear is near to where demand is and where there are existing grid connections, which is why the three plants already committed (Hinkley, Sizewell, Wylfa) are all clos… +3.0
3h ago The share of electricity generated by nuclear plants. 2000-2021. Nuclear power as a share of electricity output. Data source: IEA. +0.5
6h ago ⚛️⚡️ Over the last 24 hours, enough nuclear energy was available to supply 100% of overall electricity demand in northern Illinois. ⏰ Nuclear plants could meet all electricity demand 31% of the la… +5.0
8h ago 🧠 U.S. nuclear plants are integrating artificial intelligence into their operations and maintenance processes. The technology assists with monitoring systems and analyzing plant data to support dec… +4.0
13h ago ⚛️⚡️ Over the last 24 hours, enough nuclear energy was available to supply 101% of overall electricity demand in northern Illinois. ⏰ Nuclear plants could meet all electricity demand 33% of the la… +4.5
13h ago They can be decommissioned, but like the radioactive waste from nuclear power plants, there is currently not a single site in the world that has agreed to store this, nor is there an agreed storage… -2.5
15h ago Theories & Hypotheses: What Could UAPs Want? Surveillance of Military Capabilities: A significant number of authenticated military UAP reports occur at nuclear power plants, missile silos, naval st… -4.0
16h ago I don't want to hear about how you use AI to write code and how its "better" than human developers if you wouldnt use that practice to create software for things like air traffic controllers, banks… -3.0
17h ago Rosatom nuclear power data center, Rosatom (Russia's state atomic energy corporation) operates a network of massive data centers—managed by its subsidiary Atomdata—which are directly linked to nucl… -1.0
17h ago Google invests billions into nuclear plants: Sen. Rezin on Illinois' push for more nuclear power +3.0
18h ago ⚛️⚡️ Over the last 24 hours, enough nuclear energy was available to supply 100% of overall electricity demand in northern Illinois. ⏰ Nuclear plants could meet all electricity demand 33% of the la… +6.0
19h ago Nowadays you have local machining companies that worked with nuclear plants that happens to be right next to a sea port for rocket launches building rocket engines out of nowhere (yes, and many mor… +2.5

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T2 Vistra in Line for $4.2B DOE Loan Package to Uprate Nuclear Plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania 📄 nuclear_reactor_tech powermag.com well-funded, upgrading, consequential
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T3 U.S. Energy Secretary to visit Ohio on Monday and announce plans to lower costs nuclear_energy_policy abc6onyourside.com hopeful, pragmatic, attentive
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T3 U.S. Energy secretary visits Ohio to announce $4.2B in nuclear power investments nuclear_energy_policy myfox28columbus.com investment, jobs, support
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T3 US Dept of Energy announces up to $4.2 bn financing for nuclear upgrades in Pennsylvania, Ohio nuclear_reactor_tech indiatimes.com hopeful, pragmatic, energized
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T4 US Dept of Energy announces up to USD 4.2 bn financing for nuclear upgrades in Pennsylvania, Ohio nuclear_reactor_tech bignewsnetwork.com encouraging, hopeful, pragmatic
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