NC WARN News Releases

Nuclear Revival is Ruining Climate Protection Efforts and Harming Customers, says Watchdog Group – A News Release by NC WARN

October 5, 2011

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

September 29, 2011

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

Great solar news, but NC utilities impeding the shift – An Update from NC WARN

June 30, 2011

The first two items show that we can get our energy primarily from clean, renewable sources and that solar PV will be cost competitive with traditional fossil fuels soon – even without government subsidies.
The third item relates how Duke Energy and other electric utilities are blocking the transition to clean energy in NC.

Legal Motion on AP1000 – Press Release by Friends of the Earth, NC WARN, others

June 16, 2011

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

Investigate Whistleblower’s Reactor Warnings, NC WARN Urges Nuclear Inspector General – News Release by NC WARN

May 23, 2011

Link to NC WARN press release (May 23, 2011)
Link to first whistleblower letter and memo to NRC inspector general (January 17,2011)
Link to second whistleblower letter (March 28, 2011)

Corrupted U.S. nuclear agency – News Release by NC WARN

May 16, 2011

Three investigative articles published last week add mountains of evidence to years-long claims by U.S. watchdogs that the U.S Nuclear Regulatory Commission is heavily corrupted by industry influence.

Nuclear Delays and Legal Challenges – News Release by NC WARN

May 6, 2011

Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers, a key player in the potential revival of nuclear power, said yesterday that the Fukushima disaster will delay U.S. nuclear development until safety upgrades can be considered, noting the likely re-evaluation of spent fuel storage.

Large Power Plants Sit Idle in North Carolina while Duke Wants to Raise Rates to Build New Ones – News Release by NC WARN

February 16, 2011

Duke Energy has a hefty surplus of generation capacity; it should promptly retire at least one newer coal-burning plant and stop trying to build nuclear reactors.
NC WARN News Release
Too Much Baseload Legal Brief

Consumers Against Rate Hikes – News Release by NC WARN

February 3, 2011

A loose-knit group of organizations representing diverse interests is taking pre-emptive action against proposed annual rate hikes by Duke Energy and Progress Energy.

Nuclear Prices Soar 37% as Solar Prices Keep Falling – News Release by NC WARN

December 21, 2010

John Locke Foundation attacks continue despite federal data fortifying NC WARN’s July finding that solar power is now cheaper than juice from new nukes.

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