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TVA, Eyeing Coal Phaseout by 2035, Will Rely on Nuclear
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) expects to phase out its coal generation by 2035, but achieving net-zero carbon emissions without raising power prices or adversely affecting reliability will require substantial investments in energy storage and carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). TVA also will need to extend the lifetime of its nuclear power, and adopt the use of small modular reactors (SMRs), said Jeffrey Lyash, its president and CEO.
The Chronicle can confidently confirm that none of the names provided by the suspected Nigerian jailbreakers who are presently in the grips of the Ghanaian security authorities corresponds with prisoners who escaped from the Owerri Correctional Centre in South Eastern Nigeria.
An impeccable security source hinted the paper that checks by the Ghanaian intelligence with the Federal Republic of Nigeria indicates that the suspects may have entered the country through unlawful means and would be dealt with as such.
Two of the suspected jailbreakers have already told the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) that they are newly wedded couple who decided to travel to Ghana for their honeymoon.
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Browns Ferry Begins Largest Turbine Upgrade Since Construction; Installs Innovative Fuel Assemblies In Reactor Monday, March 1, 2021
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Unit 2 started a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage this past weekend after generating more than 19 billion kilowatt-hours of carbon-free electricity in 654 days of reliable operation. This outage includes the largest scope of turbine deck work since original construction and innovations in fuel assembly components.
All three of the unit’s low-pressure turbines will undergo a comprehensive replacement of major components, including new rotors, inner casings, steam piping and bellows and turbine supervisory instruments. These tasks will require the support of more than 500 additional outage workers and an incredible amount of heavy lifting – with 600 separate crane lifts of components such as rotors weighing up to 327,888 pounds and inner casings weighing up to 200,000
Bird was part of 605 Squadron
Flight Lieutenant Arthur “Dickie” Bird, who has died aged 100, flew intruder missions over Germany to attack airfields and suppress the activities of the Luftwaffe; for his exploits he was awarded the DFC.
Bird was an experienced night-fighter pilot when, in August 1943, together with his navigator Les Hodder, he joined 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron equipped with the Mosquito. During the next six months they flew 60 operations, some more than five hours long.
The squadron’s role was to fly at night and patrol near enemy airfields in France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany to attack Luftwaffe night fighters as they took off to intercept raids mounted by Bomber Command. No 605 employed numerous aircraft in succession over each target so as to catch returning enemy fighters.