63% failure rate has wasted billions; now Duke wants customers and taxpayers stuck with even more risk for mythical reactors Statement by Executive Director Jim Warren: A new analysis by NC WARN shows that Duke Energy and its subsidiaries cancelled 18 of the nuclear reactors they tried to build between …
Nuclear Waste
Along with the well-known lack of any solution for disposing of “spent” fuel rods and “low-level” radioactive waste, a more immediate concern is that U.S. nuclear plants are storing thousands of tons of spent fuel in an extremely dangerous manner: high-density cooling pools (right)
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Should NC’s clean energy future include more nuclear power? Duke Energy thinks so — USA Today Network
German Nuclear Waste May Be Headed to South Carolina Site — The New York Times
NC WARN Hosts Dr. Steve Wing on Fukushima, Nov. 20, 2013
NC WARN Highlights: The First 15 Years
24 Groups: NRC Rushing Nuclear “Waste Confidence” Process, Not Satisfying Court-Ordered Requirements – News Release
In documents filed Wednesday with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), a wide range of national and grassroots environmental groups said it would be impossible for the NRC to adequately conduct a court-ordered assessment of the environmental implications of long-term storage of spent nuclear reactor fuel in the two short years the federal agency envisions for the process.
Clarifying Nuclear Waste at Shearon Harris – Independent Weekly
Thanks to the many of you who contacted us regarding the Independent Weekly’s late 2009 article about Shearon Harris. Many of you remember this five-year campaign, and as several noted, the nuclear waste shipments have ended. The following letter appears in the current edition of the paper. (You can see …
Jim Warren Debates Nuclear Official on Charlotte Public Radio
Harris Security Failures: Guards Blow the Whistle – Complaint Filed With FBI, Inspector General, Atty General
Complaint to NC Attorney General, FBI, NRC Inspector General, NRC Office of Security and Incident Response December 13, 2005 Union of Concerned Scientists NC Waste Awareness and Reduction Network NC WARN and UCS have been made aware of very serious allegations about security problems at Progress Energy’s Shearon Harris nuclear …