A Durham-based environmental group warns utility companies are trying to add nuclear capacity without significantly reducing their use of coal power. A report from NC WARN focuses on what they call the “Southeast Five.” That includes both Duke Energy and Progress Energy. Jim Warren is executive director of NC WARN.
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Nuclear Revival is Ruining Climate Protection Efforts and Harming Customers, says Watchdog Group – A News Release by NC WARN
Report shows Southeast utilities plan not to replace coal-fired power, but to add nuclear capacity despite falling demand – while jacking up rates and blocking clean energy advances.
See the report, New Nuclear Power is Ruining Climate Protection Efforts and Harming Customers
Listen to the audio from the press conference
Hear Dr. William Schlesinger’s
comments about the report on WUNC Radio
Read Clinging to Dirty Energy in the South – a by-the-numbers look from the Institute of Southern Studies
Former Insider: Nuclear Design Ignores Sun’s Impacts – News Release by NC WARN, Friends of the Earth
Former Insider Says Westinghouse and NRC are Ignoring the Sun’s Heat Impacts on Nuclear Systems Despite U.S. Concrete Failures this Summer
See the legal motion and related documents
Nuke licensing delays sought – Chattanooga Times Free Press
Legal motions filed Thursday by 25 environmental and anti-nuclear groups claim the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is legally required to slow down the licensing and relicensing of U.S. nuclear reactors after NRC’s own review of the Fukushima disaster and resulting recommendations.
Toshiba Reactor Advances as Fukushima Proves No Obstacle at NRC – Bloomberg
Critics such as the North Carolina Waste Awareness & Reduction Network say action on nuclear plants, including the AP1000 design, should be delayed until the NRC learns the safety lessons of Fukushima and puts changes in place.
Fukushima triggers challenges of nuclear licensing by 25 groups
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is legally required to slow down reactor licensing and relicensing in order to address major changes urged by the agency’s own experts who have reviewed the Fukushima accident, according to 19 separate legal challenges filed today by a total of 25 public interest groups.
Also see this article about the legal challenges:
Groups step up call for NRC delay after Fukushima – Reuters, August 11, 2011
Regulators Slash Duke Nuclear Spending Request – NC WARN Press Release
NC Utilities Commission questions viability of Lee construction project
Legal Motion on AP1000 – Press Release by Friends of the Earth, NC WARN, others
Citing more design mistakes and omissions, public interest groups call for nuclear regulators to halt the AP1000 reactor approval process; watchdogs press NRC chairman to release damning internal dissent
GE Sees Solar Cheaper than Oil, Nukes – Bloomberg
Solar power may be cheaper than electricity generated by fossil fuels and nuclear reactors within three to five years because of innovations, said Mark M. Little, the global research director for General Electric Co.
New Reactor Design Faces Further Scrutiny in U.S. – Scientific American
The AP1000, which is leading the charge for any nuclear renaissance in the U.S., has made some mistakes in its application for certification.