Problems with New Reactors

Groups: Southern Company Does Not Have Real “Skin in the Game” if Vogtle Reactor Loan Guarantee Defaults

February 23, 2012

Industry group spreading falsehoods about viability of controversial nuclear project.

Cost Overruns Hit another Nuclear Construction Project – This one in South Carolina, Press Release by NC WARN

February 21, 2012

A second U.S. nuclear power construction project is expected to receive a license within weeks, but a new document shows that the majority owner and contractors are arguing over who should pay the extra costs of at least 11 changes totaling over $380 million for two Westinghouse AP1000 reactors.

NC WARN, allies sue NRC over new reactors

February 16, 2012

With more than 15 times the Solyndra loan guarantee on the line, U.S. taxpayers being kept in the dark about huge Vogtle risks; nine groups cite NRC law violation in going to court to block Vogtle licensing.

Listen to Jim Warren’s comments during a short audio clip from Atlanta public radio.
US groups file suit to block new Southern Vogtle reactors – Reuters
Groups sue to stop Vogtle expansion project – Atlanta Journal Constitution
Motion to stop Vogtle construction – with Dr. Makhijani’s analysis

Nuclear agency approves first nuclear reactors since 1978 – USA Today

February 9, 2012

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the nation’s first nuclear power plant in a generation on Thursday, clearing the way for Atlanta-based Southern Co. to build two reactors at its Plant Vogtle site near Augusta.

NRC License for New Vogtle Reactors Will be Opposed in Federal Court, Suspension of Construction at Georgia Site to be Sought – Release by NC WARN, Other Groups

February 9, 2012

9 Groups Contend That NRC Is Failing to Fully Consider Fukushima Lessons Before Issuing a Final License to Construct and Operate Two New Nuclear Reactors

Regulators approve nuclear reactor design for Southeast utilities – The Miami Herald

December 22, 2011

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.

Problems with New Reactors

Groups: Southern Company Does Not Have Real “Skin in the Game” if Vogtle Reactor Loan Guarantee Defaults

Cost Overruns Hit another Nuclear Construction Project – This one in South Carolina, Press Release by NC WARN

NC WARN, allies sue NRC over new reactors

Nuclear agency approves first nuclear reactors since 1978 – USA Today

NRC License for New Vogtle Reactors Will be Opposed in Federal Court, Suspension of Construction at Georgia Site to be Sought – Release by NC WARN, Other Groups

Regulators approve nuclear reactor design for Southeast utilities – The Miami Herald

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

Construction Monitor Signals Delays, Cost Overruns with New Nuclear Project in Georgia – News release by NC WARN

Problems with New Reactors

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