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.
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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
MUSE Benefit Concert: August 7, 2011 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre
Thanks to everyone at MUSE for putting on and inviting NC WARN to a great event!
Read Rolling Stone’s coverage of the event
Visit the MUSE website
Heat Waves and Climate Change – The Associated Press
NOAA: In general, both daytime and nighttime temperature increases “are consistent with what we would expect in a greenhouse-warmed world.”
Storm Warnings: Extreme Weather is a Product of Climate Change – Scientific American
In North Dakota the waters kept rising. Swollen by more than a month of record rains in Saskatchewan, the Souris River topped its all time record high, set back in 1881. The floodwaters poured into Minot, North Dakota’s fourth-largest city, and spread across thousands of acres of farms and forests. More than 12,000 people were forced to evacuate. Many lost their homes to the floodwaters.
Great solar news, but NC utilities impeding the shift – An Update from NC WARN
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.
Study: Rising Global Temperatures Spur Steepest Sea Level Rise In 2,100 Years – Popular Science
The seas are rising at a faster rate right now than at any point since at least the era of Julius Caesar, and there is a direct link between this increase and changes in global surface temperatures, according to a new study. Rising sea levels could have major impacts on not just marine ecosystems, but the entire planet, as coastal areas are swamped by encroaching waters.
Energy Efficiency policies deliver, save consumers billions – ACEEE News Release
States across the country have been reaching or exceeding their energy savings goals established through Energy Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS), thereby lowering utility bills for consumers and reducing the need to build costly new power plants.
U.S. regulators opening up on flawed nuclear power plant policing – The Center for Public Integrity
These are rocky days at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which finds itself under attack from the outside for decisions ranging from new reactor designs to safety issues that have languished for years, including the agency’s failure to get serious about fire hazards.