The unfolding nuclear plant crisis in Japan could pose significant problems for Duke Energy’s effort to build a new reactor near Gaffney, SC.
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Can Shearon Harris withstand a disaster? – ABC News
Threats to the Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant have people asking could a major disaster happen here?
N.C. utility consumer advocate is retiring – The News & Observer
Robert Gruber, one of the nation’s longest-serving public advocates in utility matters, is stepping down as the state’s top consumer advocate.
Groups don’t want utilities to raise rates to build nuclear plants – WRAL
Several organizations fired a pre-emptive strike Tuesday against plans by two North Carolina utilities.
Beware the bill for nuclear plants – The News & Observer
What appears to be a key driver behind the merger between Duke and Progress – building two nuclear reactors in South Carolina – would cost customers much more.
Disputed Reactor Design Moves Forward – The New York Times
Critics of the AP1000 reactor argue that design flaws could lead to release of radioactive material.
Nuclear goals stoked by Duke-Progress merger – The News & Observer
The merger between Duke Energy and Progress Energy makes it likelier that a new nuclear reactor would be built in the Carolinas in the next 10 years. It also means that customers could pay higher bills almost immediately to get a reactor built.
Georgia reactor design still drawing criticism – Chattanooga Times Free Press
Arnold Gundersen, a former nuclear industry executive, said the proposed Westinghouse reactor design — known as the AP1000 — is more susceptible than today’s reactors to cracks and holes which have shown up in at least 40 currently operating plants.
Duke Energy-Progress Energy behemoth covets nuclear power amid soaring costs – St. Petersburg Times
Duke Energy’s purchase of Progress Energy not only creates the nation’s biggest electricity provider, but it also combines two fans of nuclear power that are eager for more.
Reaction to merger – The News & Observer
Rogers has a chance now to move ahead. He could be heroic in terms of cutting greenhouse emissions and helping avert what the scientists are calling an ‘extreme crisis’ with climate change.