Federal regulators on Thursday signed off on a next-generation nuclear reactor slated for Florida Power & Light’s Turkey Point plant and five other utilities in the Southeast, paving the way for construction of the first new reactors in the U.S. in three decades.
Archives for December 2011
Approval of reactor design clears path for new plants – The New York Times
Secrecy, Regulatory Gelding Taint U.S. Nuclear “Renaissance – News Release by NC WARN
Toshiba reactor unites feuding US nuclear regulators – Bloomberg
Feds rejecting Progress Energy, Duke Energy merger – The St. Petersburg Times
Federal regulators have rejected Duke Energy’s proposed multibillion-dollar merger with Progress Energy, the parent of Progress Energy Florida. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said the two companies would retain too much control over power generation while making it difficult for other utilities to buy electricity from them, particularly in the Carolinas.