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On Nov. 9 Belgium-based crane manufacturer Sarens launched the SGC-250 crane, which boasts a 5,000-metric-ton lifting capacity and a load moment of 250,000 ton-meters.
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurred on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on Sept. 6, leaving at least seven dead and damaging buildings and structures in the region, including a 1,650MW coal-fired thermal power plant that was taken offline.
Strengthening the transmission and distribution grid, increasing distributed generation and even trimming vegetation would likely do more to improve grid resilience than a proposed draft order from the Trump administration that would force system operators to keep coal and nuclear plants operating for at least two years.
While proponents of a grid resiliency measure said it would bolster the system during bad weather, the recent winter storm proved such efforts unnecessary.
While expected to favor fossil fuels, the relatively neutral study embraces the generally accepted fact that natural gas is forcing coal and nuclear plant retirements.
Without help from the state or federal governments, the money-losing Three Mile Island will join a growing list of nuclear plants slated for closure since 2013.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Jan. 9 announced that the Indian Point nuclear power plant, sited about 30 miles north of New York City, will close by 2021.
Florida Power & Light (FPL) says it could delay by as many as four years any further progress toward constructing the proposed expansion of its Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station in Florida City.
A lack of funding for comprehensive hazardous-waste cleanup at Los Alamos National Laboratory required by a 2005 consent order could expose the lab’s operator and the Dept. of Energy to a daily fine of $487,000 under federal law, if a non-profit group’s lawsuit succeeds.
