New Plants?

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

New Nuclear in Georgia is Harming Climate Protection Despite Industry’s Key Claim – News Release from NC WARN

January 31, 2012

As the nuclear industry plans to celebrate the NRC’s upcoming approval of construction licenses for two Westinghouse reactors, which Georgia Power is already building at Plant Vogtle, NC WARN urges the news media to scrutinize a top industry talking point: that nuclear will help with climate change by replacing coal power.

Terrific news on nuclear revival and climate – An update from NC WARN

January 26, 2012

Progress Energy plans to cancel the main development and construction contract for its proposed nuclear plant in Levy County, but its customers will have to keep paying in advance anyway.

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.

Nuclear Expert Cites New Concerns about Westinghouse Reactor Design Based on Fukushima Disaster – News Release

November 10, 2011

Groups say design approval can’t legally be finalized until Fukushima lessons are incorporated, and that NRC plans to shove costly design corrections onto Georgia, South Carolina customers.
See the Fairewinds report
See the legal motion
See the Fairewinds video “Fukushima and the AP1000”
Listen to the audio from the press conference

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