EnergyOnline
Services

RSS FEED

EnergyOnline.com rss

News

In Memory of Rajat Deb: Inspiring Man of Ideas and Remarkable Silicon Valley Archetype

By Anjuli Deb -- With deep sadness and profound appreciation, we share the passing of LCG's founder, Dr. Rajat K. Deb. He was our president and one of the first entrepreneurs in the computer revolution. He was also our friend, our teacher and mentor, and for a few of us, our father and grandfather.

Read more

Oklo and Centrus Sign Letter of Intent to Purchase Nuclear Fuel for Aurora Powerhouse Deployment in Southern Ohio

LCG, June 19, 2026--Oklo Inc. and Centrus Energy Corp. announced yesterday a Letter of Intent under which Centrus agrees to supply enough domestic high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) to power up to five of Oklo's Aurora nuclear powerhouses for multiple years, with deliveries to Oklo scheduled to begin in 2029. Centrus will supply HALEU from its American Centrifuge Plant in Pike County, Ohio to support Oklo’s planned 1.2 GW power campus in the region

Read more

Industry News

Chernobyl Shut; Its Problems Will Persist

LCG, Dec. 15, 2000--The notorious Chernobyl nuclear power plant was shut down yesterday when Ukraine President Leonid Kuchma gave the order over a television hookup from Kiev, about 85 miles away.

An operator flipped a switch, causing the final "scram" of Unit 3, the only working reactor of the four-unit Soviet-era facility.

Chernobyl, of course, is the plant where occurred the worst nuclear accident in history. In 1986, Unit 4 exploded and caught fire, killing about 35 workers outright and sending a radioactive cloud over most of Europe.

The Soviet Union tried to conceal the even, much as Russia tried to conceal the recent sinking of the nuclear submarine Kursk. Firefighters and rescue workers were sent into Chernobyl without protective clothing. About 4,000 cleanup workers are said to have died since.

Unit 4 was encased in a concrete "sarcophagus," which has begun to leak and crumble, and Unit 3 has experienced numerous breakdowns in the 14 years since the accident.

In a ceremony yesterday, Kuchma said "The world will become a safer place. People will sleep in peace," the Associated Press reported.

But not the plant's 6,000 workers who will be laid off. As Kuchma toured the village of Slavutych, where Chernobyl workers live, he was confronted by scores of protesters to whom closure of the plant means an end to their way of life.

Plenty remains to be done at Chernobyl, and it will take years. The Ukrainian government plans to construct a new sarcophagus for Unit 4 and it is likely to take decades to dispose of the radioactive debris still inside that reactor. In addition, there are years of work ahead for decommissioning the other three reactors.

Yesterday, Kuchma sighed "We shall continue to bear this. This is our fate."

Copyright © 2026 LCG Consulting. All rights reserved. Terms and Copyright
UPLAN-NPM
The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
Uniform Storage Model
A Battery Simulation Model
UPLAN-ACE
Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
UPLAN-G
The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
PLATO
Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
CAISO CRR Auctions
Monthly Price and Congestion Forecasting Service