Re: Nuclear Reactors & Blackout

[aek@vib.usr.pu.ru (Alexander Kopilovitch)]

Robert I. Eachus wrote:

> The only way to avoid this problem is to keep sufficient "reserve" 
> capacity on-line to avoid the instability.  For decades this number has 
> been known to be 15%.  But when the Federal government got into the 
> power "deregulation" business, they decided that that guideline was too 
> c onservative.  Guess what, it isn't.

This is just what I fear may happen in Russia in near future. The whole
Russian electricity system is united now, and the main chief is a political
heavyweight, well-known in Russia as the commander of mass privatization in
1991; and he is now fighting for somehow similar "deregulation" of the national
electricity system. The effect may be true catastrophic, and then (if actually
happens) may even have serious political consequences - initially internal,
but then worldwide, even USA will be worried enough if things will go this way.



Alexander Kopilovitch                      aek@vib.usr.pu.ru
Saint-Petersburg
Russia