Problems with New Reactors

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.

Approval of reactor design clears path for new plants – The New York Times

December 22, 2011

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission unanimously approved a radical new reactor design on Thursday, clearing away a major obstacle for two utilities to begin construction on projects in South Carolina and Georgia.

Secrecy, Regulatory Gelding Taint U.S. Nuclear “Renaissance – News Release by NC WARN

December 21, 2011

In pushing toward design approval and licensing, captive regulators promote industry instead of taxpayers, ratepayers and public safety.

Toshiba reactor unites feuding US nuclear regulators – Bloomberg

December 16, 2011

Toshiba Corp.’s Westinghouse Electric won majority support for the design of its AP1000 reactor from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, even as the members were feuding publicly over the panel’s leadership.

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

December 7, 2011

Electric customers beware – construction problems mount even before design approval and licensing.

Will the South be forced to pay for the lessons of Fukushima? – Facing South

November 17, 2011

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is preparing to approve the design of a new type of nuclear reactor planned for sites across the South without first incorporating the lessons of Fukushima — instead sticking the region’s ratepayers with any bills to correct safety problems revealed by the ongoing analysis of the Japanese disaster.

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