Solar and wind: All that is lacking is the political will
Mike Childs wrote in the Guardian on 27 March 2011, Our green energy potential is huge, but gets little support: The crisis at Fukushima calls into question our nuclear power policy Nuclear power is a...
View ArticleCost overruns already starting for Georgia Power’s new nukes
Remember how Georgia Power customers get to pay for cost overruns on the new nukes? Well, the overruns have already started. JoAnn Merrigan wrote for WSAV 15 May 2012, Environmental Groups: Plant...
View ArticleNRC doesn’t publish nuclear licensing documents
Did you know the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission doesn’t publish nuclear licensee documents? Hear them say it on this video of Tuesday’s NRC “public meeting” in Maryland about restarting the San...
View ArticleNRC says it’s “never been a practice” to show licensee documents to the public
After Kendra Ulrich of Friends of the Earth asked about some licensee documents related to last week’s NRC hearing in faraway Maryland on restarting California’s San Onofre nuclear reactor, NRC’s...
View ArticleSC Edison knew San Onofre nuke steam generators were flawed before installation
Southern California Edison knew the new steam generators were defective years before then even installed them in the San Onofre nuclear reactors, acccording to a report just released. These are the...
View ArticleActivists Grill NRC on San Onofre Restart
Ecological Options Network (EON) posted video of public comments at the latest Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) meeting about restarting San Onofre 2, where documents indicate Southern California...
View ArticleNRC tries to ignore hearing requirement for San Onofre nuke restart
Maybe the ASLB was referring to some other NRC that should hold public hearings? The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) agreed with Friends of the Earth (FOE) when it ruled that restarting...
View ArticleNo San Onofre nuke startup decision until June at least –NRC Chair
Two more victories for anti-nuke activists: San Onofre restart decision pushed back at least until June, and webcasts of California Public Utilities Commission hearings going on right now. Abby Sewell...
View ArticleSan Onofre nuke closing for good –Socal Edison
A big victory today for anti-nuke and pro-solar activists: the leaky San Onofre nukes will stay closed for good! Cost to close them? Between between $450 million and $650. This is after SoCal Edison...
View ArticleHarris nuke flaw “fixed” that wasn’t found for a year
Less than 500 miles from here in NC, what else haven’t they found if ‘Duke Energy’s examination a year ago “was supposed to have found that problem then and fixed it”‘? This was a ‘a quarter-inch spot...
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