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Design Problems: Regulators Warning Letter to Westinghouse
June 27, 2008 Mr. Robert Sisk, Manager Licensing and Customer Interface Regulatory Affairs and Standardization Westinghouse Electric Company P.O. Box 355 Pittsburgh, PA 15230-0355 SUBJECT: REVIEW SCHEDULE FOR AP1000 REVISION 16 (DOCKET 52-006) Dear Mr. Sisk: Your letter of May 20, 2008, requested the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to …
Design Problems: Nuke Revival Hits Quicksand at Harris, Other Plants – News Release by NC WARN
NEWS RELEASE Contact: Jim Warren June 24, 2008 Nuke Revival Hits Quicksand at Harris, Other Plants Delays, cost overruns loom as NRC concedes new designs are years from completion DURHAM, NC – Federal regulators now admit that designs for new nuclear power plants are years from completion and the …
Countering the PR: Nukes & CO2 – Letter to the News and Observer
It’s exasperating that The N&O repeatedly advances one of the nuclear industry’s most damaging distortions (“Progress’ nuclear plans attract friends, foes,” June 11 news article). Since 2005 the industry has with impunity claimed nuclear power is “carbon free” and therefore a solution to climate change.
Govt Report Links Weather Extremes, Climate Change – ABC News
20-Year Intense Downpours to Occur Every 6 Years By CLAYTON SANDELL, BILL BLAKEMORE and BARBARA PINTO June 19, 2008 — In Burlington, Iowa, the rain-swollen Mississippi has swallowed part of downtown. It’s the second record-breaking flood in the past 15 years and the second time Dennis Standard’s riverfront restaurant has …
Millions of US Green Jobs – NRDC
New Report: Millions of US Workers Stand to Gain from Green Industries. Today’s Job Skills Will Be Essential in Tomorrow’s Clean-Energy Economy.
Industry data prove new coal & nuclear plants are not needed – Statement From NC WARN
Speak out for climate protection. Duke Energy, Progress Energy and their political allies want to gamble tens of billions of public dollars to build (lucrative) coal and nuclear power plants. That path is already squandering our chances to avert climate catastrophe. Continuing disclosures prove that energy efficiency, cogeneration and renewable …
9 Reasons For No New Nukes – Fact Sheet by NC WARN
New nuclear reactors are a risk to our climate, safety and economy.
Fire Safety Pilot Program at Harris is in Shambles – News Release by NC WARN
*See Letters to NRC Comm. Jaczko & Rep. David Price
How Cliffside Would Negate NC Efforts to Slow Global Warming – NC WARN slides
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