I'm currently living in Georgia, so let's look at where their power comes from.
Natural gas accounted for 49% of Georgia's electricity net generation in 2020, the state's four operating nuclear reactors accounted for 27%, renewable energy, including hydroelectric power and small-scale solar, accounted for 12%, and coal contributed nearly 12% of the state's net generation.
Georgia - State Energy Profile Overview - EIA
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This means that only 39% of the state's power comes from sources which do not require transportation (27% nuclear, 12% hydro + solar). Nuclear plants do eventually need new fuel rods and they need to get rid of used fuel rods so they will need fuel delivery and trash collection to keep operating. In the long term, the only 12% of the state's power comes from truly "local" sources. If there's a SHTF event, the nuclear plants will be shutdown the IAEA has shutdown authority), the natural gas pipelines will likely be shutdown or non-functional, trains won't be running on schedule, if at all, so coal could be limited to whatever is in that plant's on-site stocks.
In practical terms, a short time after a major event, at most only 12% of the state's power sources would be available.
With 12% of the state's power availabile, we could expect to have long rotating blackouts, with us having, at best, power for 2.88 hours out of 24 (12% of the time). Add some time for the switching between feeds and that might be no better than 2 hours out of 24.
Don'tcha just love these bits of brightnesss and joy?
Natural gas accounted for 49% of Georgia's electricity net generation in 2020, the state's four operating nuclear reactors accounted for 27%, renewable energy, including hydroelectric power and small-scale solar, accounted for 12%, and coal contributed nearly 12% of the state's net generation.
Georgia - State Energy Profile Overview - EIA
www.eia.gov › state › sid=GA
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This means that only 39% of the state's power comes from sources which do not require transportation (27% nuclear, 12% hydro + solar). Nuclear plants do eventually need new fuel rods and they need to get rid of used fuel rods so they will need fuel delivery and trash collection to keep operating. In the long term, the only 12% of the state's power comes from truly "local" sources. If there's a SHTF event, the nuclear plants will be shutdown the IAEA has shutdown authority), the natural gas pipelines will likely be shutdown or non-functional, trains won't be running on schedule, if at all, so coal could be limited to whatever is in that plant's on-site stocks.
In practical terms, a short time after a major event, at most only 12% of the state's power sources would be available.
With 12% of the state's power availabile, we could expect to have long rotating blackouts, with us having, at best, power for 2.88 hours out of 24 (12% of the time). Add some time for the switching between feeds and that might be no better than 2 hours out of 24.
Don'tcha just love these bits of brightnesss and joy?
