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House of Roberts

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4. The several mornings the temp dropped to single digits here in N. Alabama,

Reply to LudwigPastorius (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2024, 05:52 PM

Apr 2024

Browns Ferry Nuke Plant maxxed out at just over 4 gigawatts for the first time ever. That's three TVA GE Mk1 BWRs at full chat, and we're part of the grid. I can't imagine running out of power like Texas has.

Maybe it will help beat Cruz, if there's some outages this summer.

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