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Insider alleges shortcuts with Westinghouse reactor as delays mount – News Release by NC WARN, Friends of the Earth
Alleged flaws in turbine building design could cost customers dearly and compromise safety, groups say in legal filing with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and state utility commissions.
View the legal brief on turbine building allegations here
View the NRC Inspection Letter and Notice of Violation here
Letter from NRC to Westinghouse re: projected schedule for the AP1000 design certification amendment rule, August 5, 2011
Very Good News: TWO Sets of Delays for Westinghouse Reactor Approval – A News Release by NC WARN
After 13 months of trying, company’s analysis “failed to effectively demonstrate the ability of the shield building to withstand an aircraft impact” says NRC.
Group Says Nuclear Won’t Help Climate Change – WUNC Radio
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.
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
What will it take to make renewable energy a reality in the U.S. – AlterNet
Renewable energy is essential if we are to avert disastrous climate change caused by carbon-dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels. Yet despite significant recent growth, less than 2 percent of the about 4 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity the U.S. generates a year comes from solar or wind power.
AP1000 Motion and Dr. Sterritt documents
AP1000 Supplemental Motion, September 29, 2011 Forgetting About the Sun – Dr. Sterritt’s presentation slides to the ACRS, August 16, 2011 Dr. Sterritt’s talk accompanying above slide presentation Dr. Sterrett’s letter to the NRC re: AP1000 radiative heating and cooling, June 30, 2011 Dr. Sterritt’s letter to the ACRS re: …
OpEd: Getting more out of the merger – The News & Observer
Here is a good opinion piece on the merger from our friends at NC Justice Center.
Shocker: Power demand from U.S. homes is falling – The Associated Press
Over the next decade, experts expect residential power use to fall, reversing an upward trend that has been almost uninterrupted since Thomas Edison invented the modern light bulb.